Given name & surname
Eckhard
“of the brave sword point”
Eckhard is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “of the brave sword point.”
Original GermanEgon
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “of the brave sword point.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
Eckhard’s family of names
In German usage, Eckhard has a short form in Egon. Eckhard has a related form in Eckard. Eckhard has a related form in Eckardt.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
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.
People named Eckhard
- Eckhardt SchultzWest German rowerborn 1964
- Eckhard MartensEast German rowerborn 1951
- Eckhard KrautzunGerman football managerborn 1941
- Eckhard LeueEast German canoeistborn 1958
- Eckhard ChristianGerman World War II general (1907-1985)
- Eckhard I of ScheyernCount of Scheyern1050–1091
- Eckhard DaggeAmerican boxer (1948–2006)
- Eckhard LesseGerman long-distance runnerborn 1948
- Bhikkhu PāsādikaGerman indologist and university teacherborn 1939
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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