Frequency: (349)
(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: from the Middle High German personal name Isenhard, composed of the elements īsen ‘iron’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from modern German eisenhart ‘as strong as iron’.
GIVEN NAMES: German 5%. Gunter, Kurt, Otto, Ulrike.
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