Erhard: Surname History and Family Crest

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What Erhard means

The spelling Erhard grew out of Erhardt, a German surname with a long paper trail. The family name meaning is “A descendant of Erhart, honour and brave”, the same as for Erhardt.

Before spelling was fixed, Erhardt was also written Erhard. Other spellings include Ehrhardt, Erhardts and Erhart. The 2010 census count for Erhard in the United States was 994, good for rank 25,003. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames. 1,039 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Erhard name at birth.

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