Where Does the Eichorn Surname Come From?

There is no single Eichorn family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

Records tie Eichorn closely to Eichhorn. Taken at its root, Eichorn points to “Squirrel”.

Eichorn drops the “h” of Eichhorn, a simplification that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Aichhorn. Eichorn ranked 23,096 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,106 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

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