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“sharp point” + “hard”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Eggert is a masculine given name documented in German, Danish and Icelandic. It is a form of Ekkehard, for which English Wiktionary gives the components “sharp point” + “hard”.
Meaning: “sharp point” + “hard”
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04 / Through time
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Eggert— “formidable king”
_Aug_ is the oldest form in the North, as in Augmund, which, however, was soon turned into Ogmund, Agmund, and Amund, a shape in which it is common in the North, while in the Low Countries it gave the title of Egmont to the victim of Alva. Ogwald has run something the same course in the North, and become Avald; Œgunn and Œgulv are also there; and in Germany Egiheri once existed, and gave us the surnames of Agar and Eggar; Eggerich makes the Frisian Eggert, Iggerick, and Eggo.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section XIII (Œgir) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Icelandic writer and explorer (1726-1768)
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