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