Where Does the Erhardts Surname Come From?

The same name, two spellings: Erhardts and Erhardt. At root, the name means “A descendant of Erhart, honour and brave”.

Heraldry and the Erhardts name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Erhardts, so the heraldry linked to Erhardt is a starting point, not an automatic right.

A variant of Erhardt

Erhardts adds a patronymic ending to Erhardt, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Ehrhardt, Erhart and Erhard.

Get the complete Erhardts report, with a museum-style coat of arms.