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Also known as Ekkehard (given name), Ekkehard (first name)

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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Ekkehard
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Ekkehard (given name)
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German
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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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