Given name
Eckehard
“sharp point”
Eckehard is a masculine given name. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eckehard is a form of Ekkehard. Ekkehard means “sharp point.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
Eckehard’s family of names
Eckehard shares a linguistic root with Edzard. Eckehard has a related form in Eckhard(t). Eckehard shares a linguistic root with Eggert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eckehard
- Eckehard PietzschEast German volleyball playerborn 1939
- Eckehard FeigenspanGerman footballerborn 1935
- Eckehard SchöllGerman physicist and mathematicianborn 1951
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