Eckehard
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from the given name Eckehard, Germanic *ekka- 'edge, point' + *hardu- 'hard, strong'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛkəhaʁt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eckehard is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- ATAustria
- PLPoland
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the given name Eckehard, Germanic *ekka- 'edge, point' + *hardu- 'hard, strong'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- ATAustria
- PLPoland
- FRFrance
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Eckehard is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, ) Eckehart; Ekkehard; Eck hard; Eckhart; Eckard; Eckardt; Eckart; Eg gert: alter deutscher männl. Vom. (ahd. ekka »[Schwert]schneide, Spitze«+ ahd. harti, herti »hart, kräftig, stark«). Der Name war seit dem
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In German, from *ekka- 'blade, edge' + *harduz- 'hard, strong'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
German: from an old Germanic personal name composed of the elements ek , eg edge, point (of a sword) + hard hardy, brave, strong. The Blessed Ekhard (d. 1084) was canon of the cathedral of Magdeburg and first abbot of Huysberg. Variant: Eckhard(t). Cognates: Low German: Eggert. Frisian: Edzard .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eckehard Wolfb. 1918DEGerman navy officer and WWII submarine commander (1918-1978)
- Eckehard Dehmlowb. 1933DEGerman chemist
- Eckehard Feigenspanb. 1935DEGerman footballer
- Eckehard Pietzschb. 1939DEEast German volleyball player
- Wolf-Rüdiger Karl Walther Eckehard von Haseb. 1941(born 1941)
- Eckehard Kölbelb. 1942DEGerman politician
- Klaus Brinkmannb. 1944DEnot in their usual nameAmerican philosopher
- Eckehard Mayerb. 1946DEGerman composer and pianist
- Eckehard Schöllb. 1951DEGerman physicist and mathematician
- Eckehard Schulzb. 1952DEGerman Arabist and linguist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #22,636 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #21,665 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 7 | #40,631 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #15,182 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 5 | #16,944 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2006 | 1 | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Eckehard mean, and where does it come from?
- from the given name Eckehard, Germanic *ekka- 'edge, point' + *hardu- 'hard, strong' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Eckehard?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛkəhaʁt/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Eckehard a male or female name?
- Eckehard is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Eckehard?
- In the etymology graph, Eckhard, Ekkehard and Ekkehardt are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Eckehard have the most bearers?
- Eckehard is most frequently recorded in Germany.
What do you want to know about Eckehard?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eckehardThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eckehard”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.