Name Element EKKA

Type Word & Element
Usage Old High German [1]

Meaning & History

Old High German word meaning "edge, corner".

Related Items

Other Languages & Culturesecg(Anglo-Saxon) aggju(Frankish) agjō, agil, agin(Old Germanic) egg(Old Norse) eggia(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsEcgberht(Anglo-Saxon) Aimar(Basque) Egbert(Dutch) Egbert(English) Age, Aike(Frisian) Eckart, Eckehard, Eckhard, Eckhart, Eike, Ekkehard, Elmar, Eckbert, Ekkehardt(German) Agi, Agimar, Ago, Egilhard, Egilmar, Ekkebert, Ekkehard(Germanic) Elmārs(Latvian) Eike, Eilert(Low German) Eilert(Norwegian) Achard(Old Norman) Eilert(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsAgema, Aikema(Frisian) Eckstein, Eilerts, Schwarzenegger(German) Acardi, Accardi, Accardo, Aggio(Italian) Elmersson(Swedish)

Sources & References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry ekka, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
Entry added December 7, 2022