Eberhard
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from the Germanic elements eber- 'boar' + hard 'hard, strong'
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 27 countries · latest register: Statistik Austria, 2022
/ˈeːbɐhaʁt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eberhard is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M
- ATAustria≈1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 248 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈64,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from the Germanic elements eber- 'boar' + hard 'hard, strong'
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Eberhard counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #274 | ≈64,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 1 | Eberhard | 180 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 158K | listed | — | 2 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 30K | 13 | Eberhard | 57 |
| US United States | — | 263 | 1 in 1.3M | 2.3K | Eberhard | 248 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 234K | — | Eberhard | 13 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 1.8K | Eberhard | 69 |
| SE Sweden | — | 206 | 1 in 50K | 206 | — | 15 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 150 | 1 in 115K | 150 | Eberhard | 24 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the wgnd-cd-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)Eberhard is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Germanic, from eber ‘boar’ + hard ‘strong, hardy’
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In German, Pet/diminutive forms from the personal name Eberhard; plate shows many -lin/-li/-le/-lein variants. Bearer counts not printed for this cluster.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Germanic: ‘boar staunch’. Eck(e)hard 3 Germanic: ‘sword staunch’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Eberhard (< ahd. ebur 'Eber' + ahd./as. harti/hard 'hart, fest'); Belege: Eberhardt 5496, Eberhard 2133, Eberhart 413, Everhartz 73.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Aus Rufnamen wie ahd. Eberhard bzw. Eberwin, mit Namenglied ahd. ebur 'Eber'. Patronymisch; mehrere Belege und Varianten im Atlas.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
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)- Eberhard I, Duke of Württembergb. 1445DEDuke of Württemberg
- Eberhard III.b. 1614DEDuke of Württemberg (1614-1674)
- Eberhard Ludwigb. 1676DEDuke of Württemberg
- Robert Bunsenb. 1811DEnot in their usual nameGerman chemist (1811-1899)
- Eberhard von Mackensenb. 1889DEGerman general (1889–1969)
- Erich von dem Bach-Zelewskib. 1899DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician and SS functionary (1899–1972)
- Eberhard Hopfb. 1902USGerman mathematician (1902-1983)
- Karl Eberhard Schöngarthb. 1903DEGerman general, War criminal (1903-1946)
- Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeldb. 1911NLnot in their usual namehusband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1911-2004); prince consort of the Netherlands (1911-2004)
- Eberhard Weberb. 1940DEGerman musician
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)55 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 263 | #32,182 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 206 | #5,133 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 150 | #3,426 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 55 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 35 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 30 | #15,660 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2022 | 13 | #1,811 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1918 | 6 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2022 | 1 | #2,284 |
| DE Germany | Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene | 2013 | 1 | — |
| DE Germany | DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen (2007) | — | — | — |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | WGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Eberhard mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Germanic elements eber- 'boar' + hard 'hard, strong' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What are other forms of the name Eberhard?
- In the etymology graph, Erhard, Evert and Eberardo are forms of the same name in other languages; Ebbe is a recorded short or pet form.
- How do you pronounce Eberhard?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈeːbɐhaʁt/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Eberhard have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 64 thousand people named Eberhard in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eberhard.
- Is Eberhard a male or female name?
- Eberhard is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Finland (DVV) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- How common is the name Eberhard?
- In the United States, the national register counted 263 people named Eberhard in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
- How common is Eberhard compared with other names?
- In Germany, Eberhard is the 274th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
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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, “Eberhard” — the 274th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.