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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the Middle High German personal name Isenhard, composed of the elements īsen ‘iron’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from modern German eisenhart ‘as strong as iron’.

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