Ince Family History
Ince Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Ince in Makerfield (Lancashire) Ince (Cheshire) or Ince Blundell (Lancashire). The placenames derive from Proto-Welsh ïnïs ‘island’. possibly a post-medieval West Midlands variant of Hints a habitational name from either of two places called Hints (Staffordshire Shropshire). The placenames probably derive from Proto-Welsh hïnt ‘way path’ + Middle English plural -es. possibly a variant with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s of Inn from residence at an inn or inns from Middle English in (singular) or innes (plural) ‘tavern lodging(s) tenement(s)’. There seems also to have been some confusion with Scottish Innes .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022