Frequency: (319)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: topographic name of uncertain origin, possibly related to modern German Eichel ‘acorn’.
2. German: habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of an acorn.
3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental adoption of 1.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Gerd, Otto.
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