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I love it and think it’s very wearable. I say it like you do.
[name_f]My[/name_f] eyes saw Instagram as I scanned over the forum…
Oh yeah, the Instagram thing might cause issues. I hadn’t even thought of that. The reference will fade, though.
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m] [name_m]Ingram[/name_m] and [name_m]Ingram[/name_m] [name_m]Rufus[/name_m] sound very distinguished, like he’d be quite the classy gentleman! The pronunciation shouldn’t be too hard to correct, though ing-grum sounds more natural to me. (I hear you on the BirmingHAM thing- I thought it was BuckingHAM [name_m]Palace[/name_m] for the longest time; it looked like it should be said that way and no one knew the right way to correct me.)
Sorry, I misread it as Instagram at first. Maybe better as a MN.
I like it a lot. Very sophisticated.
Behindthename.com (which I trust 100x more than NB) lists [name_m]Ingram[/name_m] as being an English surname, which was derived from the [name_m]Norman[/name_m] [name_m]French[/name_m] given name Enguerrand. Enguerrand is the Medieval [name_m]French[/name_m] form of the Germanic name Engilram, which was composed of the elements [name_f]Angil[/name_f], the name of a Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles, and hramn “raven”. So… I guess Nameberry is partially correct.
I, too, pronounce it ING-grum. It’s nice enough but all I see it to be is a surname.
[name_f]My[/name_f] first thought was no, it looks to me like some kind of scientific term (like kilogram or diagram). Then I thought of the girl’s name [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f].
THEN I saw [name_m]Rufus[/name_m] [name_m]Ingram[/name_m], and I began to really like it! (Fastest turn-around ever?) I think it could make a wonderful middle name, but I’m really not sold on it in the first spot.
Thanks again, everyone!
We must think alike, Casilda, because I used behindthename.com as a comparison too, and used the same process of connecting Enguerrand/Engilram - I was very surprised that Nameberry’s origin’s seemed to match! They’re often way off-track, but I do use the NB database as a starting point a lot of the time.
Usually I dislike surname-y names too, but like I mentioned, it’s way more of a place name for me (I’ve never met anyone with the surname [name_m]Ingram[/name_m] which helps too, I guess).
I’m an American and it’s definitely said IN(G)-gruhm here, too. A lot of British-like names (Birmingham, Cunningham) are said with a strong “AM” ending, but others (like [name_m]Durham[/name_m], [name_m]Dunham[/name_m], [name_m]Ingram[/name_m], Gorham, etc.) are more with the softer “uhm” ending.
I think it’s intriguing, and I like it’s appearance, but it definitely comes across as surnamey to me (which I don’t mind–I like surnamey names), and I only think of one guy: a preacher who used to be on the radio (not sure if he is anymore?) whose name was [name_m]Chuck[/name_m] [name_m]Ingram[/name_m]. I didn’t listen to him very often, haha, so I’m not sure what he stood for and what he preached, but that’s what I think of straightaway. I think it’s intriguing, but I’m not sure I’d use it? I like [name_m]Rufus[/name_m] [name_m]Ingram[/name_m] better than [name_m]Ingram[/name_m] [name_m]Rufus[/name_m].
I’ve only ever known it as a surname so I guess I don’t really see it as a first name. To me it feels weird in the first slot. I don’t really like the sound of it either, it’s quite harsh. I think it’s the ‘grrr’ sound. I don’t like [name_m]Graham[/name_m] either and I think they are quite similar. That’s just my opinion though 
I prefer it for a middle. It is a surname here where I live.
[name_m]Ingram[/name_m] is very wearable as a first name.
I really like the name [name_m]Ingram[/name_m]! I’ll admit that I first read Instagram and paused, but I don’t think it would be a huge problem.