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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a byname from Middle High German ēre ‘honor’, ‘esteem’ + man ‘man’.
  • German : habitational name for someone from any of the several places named Ehren or Ehr.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Ehre ‘honor’ + Mann ‘man’.

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