Ingalls

Ingalls is a surname of English origin.

It appears most prominently in American contexts: Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the *Little House* series of children's books, and Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major U.S. naval shipyard in Mississippi.

The name also serves occasionally as a given name.

literature

Laura

Woman's given name

Mary · Caroline · Carrie · Grace · children's books · historical fiction · autobiographical · 19th century · frontier · covered wagon

pioneering

homestead

Family farm and dwelling

westward · homesteading · sodbuster · dugout · Kansas · Minnesota · Wisconsin · Indian Territory · blizzard · survival

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

descendants · relatives · bloodline · heritage · patronymic · clan · kinship · forebears · pedigree · English origin

Categories
Opposites
american frontier/pioneer identity

IngallsRockefeller

Industrial dynasty surname

Vanderbilt · Astor · Carnegie · Morgan · old money

literary depiction of american life

IngallsGatsby

Sinclair · naturalism · muckrakers

Phrases
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Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G