Eicheler Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Eicheler? Think of it as Eichler with a different pen. The name is usually explained as “Oak dweller”. The extra “e” in Eicheler is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Eicher, Eichel and Eichner.

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 Eicheler family name pack.