Ekkehard
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Ekkehard (and Eckard, Eckhard, Ekkehart) is a German given name. It is composed of the elements ekke "edge, blade; sword" and hart "brave; hardy". Variant forms include Eckhart and Eckart. The Anglo-Saxon form of the name was Ecgheard, possibly attested in the toponym Eggerton.
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- male given name
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- native label
- Ekkehard
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- E263
- Cologne phonetics
- 0472
- Caverphone
- AKT1111111
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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- Ekkehard (given name)
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- German
- P8168
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Ekkehard (and Eckard, Eckhard, Ekkehart) is a German given name. It is composed of the elements ekke "edge, blade; sword" and hart "brave; hardy". Variant forms include Eckhart and Eckart. The Anglo-Saxon form of the name was Ecgheard, possibly attested in the toponym Eggerton.
==Middle Ages== It was the name of five monks of the Abbey of Saint Gall from the tenth to the thirteenth century: Ekkehard I (died 973) Ekkehard II (died 990) Ekkehard III Ekkehard IV (died c. 1056) Ekkehard V (died c. 1220)
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