Boy · Old High German
Eckhart
Say it: EK-hart
Meaning
From Germanic ekka 'edge (of a blade)' and hart 'hard, brave'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Eckehard, Ekkehard
| English | Eckhart |
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Famous bearers
- Meister Eckhart, mystic
- Ekkehard I, margrave of Meissen
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Medieval European charters and records
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