Given name & surname

Ironside

“eagle”

Ironside is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ironside goes back to Old English earn, meaning “eagle.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Ironside comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English earn (“eagle”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Whiteside

“white”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Ermengarde

“all,whole”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Oxenbridge

“oxen”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Illingworth

“belonging to” · “enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Inskip

“island”

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Old English

Entwistle

“hen”

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Old English

Birtwistle

“birchen”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Inglis

Inglis is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

33% boys · 67% girls

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