Ebbers Explained

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

• 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]

Notes and References

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