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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a medieval personal name composed of Middle High German ēre ‘honor’ + the plural suffix -n + reich ‘rich’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental compound name composed of German Ehre ‘honor’ + reich ‘rich’.

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