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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name for someone living by an oak tree, or habitational name for someone from a place called Eiche or Eichen. See Eich.
  • South German : occupational name for a person who checked weights and measures against official specifications, from Middle High German īcher.

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