Etymology

Ehrhardt

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German Erhard ← Old High German ēra
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The story

  1. Old High German · derived fromēra“honour”
  2. German · borrowed fromErhard
  3. English todayEhrhardt

Borrowed from German Erhard, in turn composed of Old High German ēra (“honour”) + hart (“hardy”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.