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First name origin & meaning:

German: Strong wild boar

First name variations: Ebere, Eberardo, Eberhardt, Evard, Everard, Everardo, Everhardt, Everhart, Eberhard

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. South German: from a short form of any of the various Germanic compound personal names formed with eber ‘boar’.
  2. South German: from Middle High German eber ‘boar’, applied as nickname for a man of strength or as a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of boar.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Eber ‘boar’ (see 1), most likely a name assigned by Christian government officials.