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    Ingram

    ING-rum

    Germanic/Norse
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Angel raven; Ing's raven
    Origin
    Germanic/Norse
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Ingram does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Angel raven; Ing's raven", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Ingram.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1890s (0.001% of births), currently steady
    Spiritual meaning
    Ingram carries provision like the raven — bread and flesh delivered, God feeding, the unlikely messenger who proves that the LORD provides through surprising means.
    Verses on this meaning
    • 1 Kings 17:6

      "And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook."

    • Luke 12:24

      "Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?"

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