The story
- German · derived fromIgel“hedgehog”
- Lakota · derived fromwaŋblí“eagle”
- English todayEagleman
* Native American surname translated from names like Lakota waŋblí (“eagle”) Wičaša (“man”). * Also Americanized from the Jewish surname Egelman, Igelmann, from German Igel (“hedgehog”) + Mann. Compare Igel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.