The erber Surname
erber Name Meaning and History
- German: of uncertain derivation; several etymologies have been suggested:
- habitational name for someone from any of the places called Erb or Erp.
- from the personal name Erb (Germanic Erpo).
- status name for the owner of an inherited farm, Erbhof.
- from a byname from Middle High German erbære ‘honorable’, ‘noble’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Looking for Erber and Wasilewski of Illinois |
 maciej_chmielinski
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| Relatives of Ester Kendel Arber or other Arber/Erber descendants |
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| Arnold Erber |
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| searching for William Edward Erber |
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| looking for John Harry Christian Gustav Erber | Michele Bender | 1 |
| meaning of the name ERBER | Michele Bender | 0 |
| Martha Erber | Dawn Christ | 2 |
| Erbers from Krakow | joe erber | 5 |
| related to Erber????? | Erbert | 0 |
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