Ingamells Family History
Ingamells Name Meaning
from Ingoldmells (Lincs) which is recorded as Ingolvesmeles in a 13th-century copy of a document from 1147–55 and Ingoldesmeles in 1179. The place-name probably derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Ingialdr (genitive Ingialds) sometimes confused with the Old Scandinavian personal name Ingólfr + the plural form of Old Scandinavian melr ‘sand bank sand hill’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016