Frequency: (254)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English (of Norman origin): from a personal name, Aquart, Old French Achart, a derivative of a Germanic personal name composed of the elements agi(n) ‘edge (of a sword)’ + hard ‘bold’, ‘hardy’. Compare German Eckhardt and Italian Accardo, which are from the same source.
2. German: from a Germanic personal name (as in 1).
3. German: Americanized spelling of Eckert.
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