Talk:Ekkehard

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Yes, it should be devided. I started on the Norwgian Wikipedia by making an article about the first person on the list, see Ekkehard I den eldre. --FinnWiki (talk) 13:23, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation page[edit]

I agree: a disambiguation page would aid the reader. It might possibly include variants on the spelling (Eckhard/Eckhart, etc.). At the moment the article is simply a copy and paste job from the Catholic Encyclopedia, but, as more material is added, it would be helpful to be able to go directly to the one of the five Ekkehards one is interested in. Jarmen49 (talk) 21:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)jarmen49[reply]

Spelling Not That Uncommon[edit]

The current version of the article suggests that Ekkehard is an old spelling of that name. In fact, it's still pretty common in Germany.

Its etymology suggests that Ekkehard literally means Ironheart.

91.51.207.57 (talk) 21:44, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(etym.: From "Ekke" = "Eisen" (modern German) = "Iron" (modern English) and "hard"/"hart" = "Herz" (modern German) = "heart" (modern English); mean.: To have an "iron heart" in German means "to be brave". Hence, the name purportedly was a favorite name for boys in the Middle Ages. In English, the names "Ironheart" and (older) "Ivanhoe" mean the same thing.) 79.227.183.115 (talk) 03:02, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]