Eggert
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name from Low German, variant of Ekkehard
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɛɡɝt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eggert is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 7.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 61K
- DKDenmark1 in 25K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 318 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name from Low German, variant of Ekkehard
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Eggert counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #597 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | listed | Eggert | 152 |
| CN China | — | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 161K | — | Eggert | 2 |
| US United States | — | 5,427 | 1 in 61K | 5.7K | Eggert | 318 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,042 | 1 in 203K | 1K | — | 2 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Eggert | 7 |
| DK Denmark | — | 231 | 1 in 25K | 231 | Eggert | 60 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Eggert | 3 |
| FI Finland | — | 95 | 1 in 59K | 95 | Eggert | 7 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 333 | Eggert | 39 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Eggert is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronym zu Eckehart; Erstglied 'Schwert, Schneide' aus germ. *agjō / ahd. ekka, egga, mhd. ecke, egge 'Schärfe, Kante'. Belege: 5 Types/9484 Tokens; ck/gg-Varianz.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, zu ahd. Eckehard/Eckhard; Schreibvariante mit gutturalem Plosiv g; 9.484 Träger
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, männl. Vom., niederdeutsche Neben form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Low German form of ECKEHARD .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joachim Nicolas Eggertb. 1779SESwedish composer
- Hermann Eggertb. 1844DEGerman architect (1844–1920)
- Konstantin Eggertb. 1883RURussian actor, director and theatre director (1883-1955)
- John Eggertb. 1891DEGerman chemist (1891–1973)
- Almut Eggertb. 1937DEGerman actress and voice actress (1937–2023)
- Heinz Eggertb. 1946DEGerman politician
- Moritz Eggertb. 1965DEGerman musician
- Nicole Eggertb. 1972USAmerican actress
- Maren Eggertb. 1974DEGerman actress
- Toni Eggertb. 1988DEGerman luger
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 35 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.7K | #5,606 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.4K | #6,296 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5.1K | #6,387 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1K | #8,925 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 231 | #2,121 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 95 | #13,222 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 42 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Eggert mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name from Low German, variant of Ekkehard Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Eggert?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɛɡɝt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Eggert have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Eggert in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eggert.
- How common is the name Eggert?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,427 people named Eggert in 2010, about 1 in 61 thousand residents.
- How common is Eggert compared with other names?
- In Germany, Eggert is the 597th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Eggert?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eggertThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eggert” — the 597th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.