Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.

People

First name

  • Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
  • Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian
  • Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau (died 937)
  • Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445–1496)
  • Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (after 1315–1392)
  • Eberhard III, Duke of Franconia (c. 885–939)
  • Eberhard (Archbishop of Trier) (1010–1066)
  • Eberhard of Salzburg (died 1164), Bishop of Salzburg and saint
  • Eberhard Zacharias Munck af Rosenschöld (1775–1840), Swedish vaccine pioneer
  • Eberhard Anheuser (1806–1880), soap and candle maker, co-founder of Anheuser-Busch
  • Eberhard Esche (1933–2006), German actor
  • Eberhard Gienger (born 1951), German politician (CDU) and former West German gymnast
  • Eberhard Jüngel (1934–2021), German Lutheran theologian
  • Eberhard Wagner (born 1938), German linguist and author
  • Eberhard Weber (born 1940), German jazz musician and composer

Last name

  • Eberhard family, a prominent Swiss industrialist family (Eberhard & Co.) from Bern whose origin has been traced back to the 10th century
  • George-Emile Eberhard (1868–1936), founder of Eberhard & Co.
  • George Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
  • Maurice Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir
  • Christian August Gottlob Eberhard (1769–1884), German writer
  • Dennis Eberhard (1943–2005), American composer
  • Fritz Eberhard (1896–1982), German journalist
  • Hans J. Müller-Eberhard (1927–1998), molecular immunologist
  • Hermann Eberhard (1852–1908), 19th-century German explorer who discovered Giant sloth remains at Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument
  • Johann Augustus Eberhard (1739–1809), German theologian
  • Martin Eberhard (born 1960), co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors
  • Mary Jane West-Eberhard (born 1941), contemporary biologist upon social wasps and phenotypic plasticity
  • Matthias Eberhard (1815–1876), Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier
  • Paul Eberhard (1917–1983), Swiss bobsledder
  • Théodore Eberhard (1812–1874), Luxembourgish architect and politician
  • Wolfram Eberhard (1909–1989), a sociologist of rural China

Companies

  • Eberhard's, supermarket chain in Michigan

Places

  • Malinovo Castle, often referred to as Eberhard

See also

  • Everard, anglicized version of the name
  • Evert, Dutch version of the name
  • Eberhardt
  • Eberhart (disambiguation)

References