Ekkehard
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛkʰəhaʁt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ekkehard is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany. Recorded meaning: From Old High German ekka (“sharp point”) + harti (“hard”), or ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Agjōharduz.
- DEGermany
- ATAustria
- CHSwitzerland
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)
- Old High Germanekka“sharp point”(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*Agjōharduz(measured from records)
From Old High German ekka (“sharp point”) + harti (“hard”), or ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Agjōharduz.
Sources 3
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ekkehard Ib. 910CHGerman writer
- Ekkehard Ib. 960DEGerman noble
- Ekkehard IVb. 980CHSwiss monk
- Ekkehard II.b. 985German noble
- Ekkehardus Uraugiensisb. 1080DEnot in their usual nameCrusader historian
- Ekkehard Kohlundb. 1887DEGerman actor
- Ekkehard Fritschb. 1921DEGerman actor (1921–1987)
- Ekkehard Schallb. 1930DEGerman actor (1930-2005)
- Ekkehard Fasserb. 1952CHbobsledder (1952–2021)
- Ekkehard Klugb. 1956DEGerman politician and historian of eastern europe
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 16 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #15,917 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #16,602 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 18 | #26,064 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 10 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 10 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 10 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2009 | 10 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 10 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Ekkehard mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old High German ekka (“sharp point”) + harti (“hard”), or ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Agjōharduz. Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- Is Ekkehard a male or female name?
- Ekkehard 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.
- How do you pronounce Ekkehard?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛkʰəhaʁt/ (IPA) for German.
- What are other forms of the name Ekkehard?
- In the etymology graph, Eckhard, Eckehard and Ekkehardt are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ekkehard have the most bearers?
- Ekkehard is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ekkehardThe 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, “Ekkehard”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.