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Origin of Eber Total Records: 14  Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: German Surnames: Duda, Luck, Lueck, Bohmann, Ebert, Pfeiffer, Howard, Shetler, Schettler, Shettler, Stephens Submitted by: dianna Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: The name Beaver came from Germany and is classified as nickname origin. It probably came about with someone working hard like a beaver, or looking like a beaver. One of the earliest Beavers was Wernherus Biber from about 1226. He was from Zurich. This names crest is a crown. Surnames: Beaver, Bever, Biber, Bieber Submitted by: Krysta Beaver Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Seibert has it's origins as a Germanic Patronymic name. It has 40 some-odd variations in spelling and pronunciation. It's original spelling came from two root words, 'siege' and 'beraht', meaning 'victorious & brilliant one, famous'. These two words combined, create the earliest common form of 'Siegbert'. Before World War I and during the Austrian Monarchy, it 'became' predominitely a 'Jewish' name, and for that reason was eventually avoided by non- Jews. It is often confused with the more common name of 'Siegfried', which means 'victory & peace'. Names such as these are cate- gorized as the 'victory' names, used to depict terms of battle or warfare.... Siegbert: Victory-Bright Siegfried: Victory-Peace Sigismund/Sigmond: Victory- Mountain These names are now commonly depicted as Seibert, Siefert, Simmonds, & Simon.... As a Jewish name, these are possibly descriptive of the tribe of Simeon(Shimon)... commonly the Jews used the 1st sylabble of a German name to depict the tribe they were thought to be from, in this case the Hebrew letter 'Shin'. Surnames: Segerbarth, Seiber, Seiberlich, Seibert, Sibert, Siebens, Siebert, Siebertz, Siebken, Siegbert, Siegbrecht, Zeibert Submitted by: Robert C. Seibert Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Hirschland, Alsace, France. Surnames: Beaver, Beeber, Biber, Bieber, Biever Submitted by: John W Bieber Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Westpreussen Surnames: Siebert Submitted by: Guenter Mielczarek Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Other spellings Eberlin, Eberline, etc. My family originally came from Herrenbreitungen, Germany, but have contacts with other Eberlein researchers from around the world Surnames: Eberlein Submitted by: Skip Murray Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Compiling Heberle family trees worldwide. If you have some data or want to see some of my data, email or write to me. Surnames: Heberle Submitted by: Greg Heberle 194 Camberwarra Drive CRAIGIE 6025 W Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: I am researching the name Schwiebert and names belonging to this like Schwiebers, Schwippert, ... Surnames: Schwiebert Submitted by: Heino Schwiebert, Germany, Rotenburg/W. Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: german surname Surnames: weber Submitted by: Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Was Reichs-Kanzer Amts Regierugsrat from 187? to at least 1898 Surnames: Lieber Submitted by: Pat Heisel Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Audet dit Lapointe Surnames: Audet dit Lapointe, Lapointe, Tremblay, Hebert Submitted by: Rachel Lapointe Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Hepburn Old English (hebburn) Hea byrgen means high burial mound Scottish place name Hebburn the name and one or more of the variations appears about 1195 in Scotland and England Surnames: Hebborn, Heberne, Ebborn Submitted by: glitz Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: I have been told Weber originated from the weaver (a trade), and is typically of a German origin (Veaber), but not nessicarily. Surnames: Weber, Weaver, Webber Submitted by: A Origin of Eber, Meaning of Eber Origin: Probably was Durenberger or something similar as indicated by DNA comparisons. Surnames: Derryberry, Derreberry, Dereberry Submitted by: Bob Derryberry 9/5/2008 1:41 PM Page 1 of 1

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