Eckard: Surname History and Family Crest

One surname, two spellings: Eckard and Eckert. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Descendant of Agihard (sword edge, brave)”. Records show Eckard as one of the forms Eckert took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Eckardt, Eckart and Ekers.

In the 2010 US Census, 2,806 Americans gave Eckard as their last name (rank 11,269). That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Eckard, so the heraldry linked to Eckert is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Eckard family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.