Ehre
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ehre is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from ahd. era 'honor'; often also from HEER.
- DEGermany≈1 in 463K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 500K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 5.4M
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)
- Sources
- 77 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 463K (inferred from the name graph)
≈170 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from ahd. era 'honor'; often also from HEER
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ehre 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 | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 463K | — | Ehre | 51 |
| FR France | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 500K | 12 | Ehre | 77 |
| US United States | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 8.4M | listed | Ehre | 33 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 11M | — | Ehre | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 5.4M | — | Ehre | 2 |
| PL Poland | 4 | 1 in 9.6M | 2 | — | — |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)
Ehre 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, honor
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In German, honour
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In hrx, plural of Eher
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Berta Ehreb. 1866CZHolocaust victim (born 1866)
- Ida Ehreb. 1900DEAustrian-German actress
- Alex Ehreb. 1938CZHolocaust victim (born 1938)
- Thea Ehreb. 1999ATAustrian actress (born 1999)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 7 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Ehre mean, and where does it come from?
- from ahd. era 'honor'; often also from HEER Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- In which country does Ehre have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 173 people named Ehre in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ehre.
- How common is the name Ehre?
- In Poland, the national register counted 4 people named Ehre in 2026, about 1 in 9.6 million residents.
What do you want to know about Ehre?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ehreThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Ehre”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.