as a Last Name
- 2,606
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Eisen
Meaning & Origins
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for an ironworker or smith, or an ironmonger, from Middle High German īsen ‘iron’, German Eisen. It may also have been used as a nickname, with reference to the strength and hardness of iron or to its color, while as a Jewish name it was also adopted as an ornamental name from modern German Eisen ‘iron’ or the Yiddish cognate ayzn.
| 10,572nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Eisenberg, Eisele, Eisenhauer, Eisenman, Eisenhart, Eisenstein, Eiseman, Eisenmann, Eisenhower, Eisel
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,606
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Eisen per capita
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