Ebbers
Appearance
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:
- Bernard Ebbers (1941–2020), Canadian businessman convicted of securities fraud
- Denny Ebbers (1974–2015), Dutch judoka
- Marius Ebbers (born 1978), German footballer
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Ebbers". Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
- ^ "Ebbe". Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
- ^ "Ebbers in Naming Edmonton:From Ada to Zoie". Edmonton Historical Board, The University of Alberta Press. 2004. ISBN 9780888644237.