Is There an Eckerdt Coat of Arms?

Eckerdt is best understood alongside Eckardt: both are German spellings of a single family name. Read literally, Eckerdt points to “From Eckhart ("hard edge")”.

• The same family of names includes Eccardt and Eggardt.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The two spellings differ in a small detail: Eckerdt has “e” where Eckardt has “a”.

Family crest and blazon

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