Submitted Surname Revision History

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10/11/2023, 8:50 AM Felie
7/24/2017, 4:01 AM LMS
12/8/2016, 9:44 PM LMS

Name Eichhorn
Type Surname (from location & ornamental)
Other Forms FormsEichorn, Acorn
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

German topographic name for someone who lived on or near an oak-covered promontory, from Middle High German eich(e) ‘oak’ + horn ‘horn’, ‘promontory’. German from Middle High German eichhorn ‘squirrel’ (from Old High German eihhurno, a compound of eih ‘oak’ + urno, from the ancient Germanic and Indo-European name of the animal, which was later wrongly associated with hurno ‘horn’); probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal, or alternatively a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a squirrel.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental adoption of Eichhorn.
Added 12/8/2016 by LMS