Innes Family History

Innes Name Meaning

Scottish: shortened form of McInnis , from Gaelic Mag Aonghuis ‘son of Aonghus’.

Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Innes in Urquhart (Morayshire), named from Gaelic inis ‘island’.

English: variant of Ince .

History: This (see 2 above) is the name of a Scottish clan or family claiming descent from Berowald, a Flemish knight to whom the barony of Innes in Morayshire was granted by King Malcolm IV in 1160.

Similar surnames:

Innes,

McInnis,

Ince,

Inch,

Inness,

Innis,

Inniss

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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