Eichen Family History
Eichen Name Meaning
German: habitational name from any of various places named Eichen, for example near Siegen or Hanau in Hesse. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German eichen ‘(of) oak’, or alternatively a shortened form of any of various compound names beginning with this element (see for example Eichenbaum).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press