Eckhart

Eckhart is a German male first name and last name

Origin and Meaning

Eckhart is a form of the first name Ekkehard. As a surname it is thus a patronymic.

Variants

• Surname: Eckhardt, Eckhard, Eckard, Eckardt, Eckardt, Eckart, Eckert, Eggert, Eggert, Eggers, Egghart

Well-known bearers of the name

Medieval Name

• Eckhart von Hochheim (~ 1260 - ~ 1328 ), better known as Meister Eckhart

First name

• Eckhart Dietz ( born 1933), German sculptor
• Eckhart Mueller Heyden Reich ( b. 1935 ), German lawyer and politician
• Eckhart Nickel ( * 1966), German writer and journalist
• Eckhart Pick ( * 1941 ), German politician and jurist
• Eckhart Tolle ( * 1948 ), spiritual teacher and author
• Eckhart von Vietinghoff ( b. 1944 ), President of the Regional Church Office of the Evangelical- Lutheran Church of Saxony

Family name

• Aaron Eckhart ( born 1968 ), American actor
• Daniel Martin Eckhart (born 1962 ), Swiss Writer
• Johann Georg von Eckhart (also: Johann Georg von Eccard; 1664-1730 ), German historian and librarian
• Leopold Eckhart (1900-1974), Austrian politician ( SPÖ) and railwaymen
• Lothar Eckhart (1918-1990), Austrian archaeologist Classic
• Melchior Eckhart (1555-1616), German Protestant theologian

• Male first name
• Family name