Eich Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Clerks wrote Eichler in many ways, and Eich is one that stuck.

What does the surname Eich mean?

The name is generally explained as “Oak dweller”. 2,033 Americans were listed as Eich in the 2010 census. 437 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Eich name at birth.

Is Eich the same name as Eichler?

Before spelling was fixed, Eichler was also written Eich. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Eicher, Eichel and Eichner.

Is there an Eich coat of arms?

Arms linked to Eichler and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the Eich family name pack.