Given name & surname
Eck
Eck is a surname from German. It is used in English and East Central German.
Original GermanEgger
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In East Central German usage, Eck is a diminutive of Eckhardt.
Eck’s family of names
In East Central German usage, Eck is a diminutive of Eckhardt. In English usage, Eck as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Eckius. In German usage, Eck as a surname has a related form in EGGER.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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