Eigen Family History
Eigen Name Meaning
German: status name from Middle High German aigen ‘unfree; serf’ denoting (in the Middle Ages) someone with service obligations to a secular or ecclesiastical authority (also in Switzerland); or from eigen ‘inherited property’ denoting a free landowner (without feudal obligations). German: habitational name from any of several places called Eigen or Aigen most of them in southern Germany Austria and Switzerland. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name from German eigen ‘own’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022