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Ebbers

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Ebbers is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname originating in the Achterhoek and neighboring areas in North Rhine-Westphalia.[1] The given name Ebbe can be a short form of Egbert or "Eber-" names like Eberhard.[2]

People with this name include:

See also

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  • Ebbers, Edmonton, a neighborhood in northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, built on the land of Dutch immigrant dairy farmer Johan/John Rudolph Ebbers (born 1895, Aalten).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ebbers". Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ "Ebbe". Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
  3. ^ "Ebbers in Naming Edmonton:From Ada to Zoie". Edmonton Historical Board, The University of Alberta Press. 2004. ISBN 9780888644237.