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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High German ecke ‘corner’ + stein ‘stone’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a stonemason or bricklayer, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a rocky outcrop.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Eckstein ‘cornerstone’ (see 1).

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