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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from any of several places called Eichberg ‘oak hill’, from Middle High German eich(e), Middle Low German ēk(e) ‘oak’ + berg ‘hill’, ‘mountain’ + -er denoting an inhabitant.

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