Ellenbogen Family History
Ellenbogen Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a bend in a river from Middle High German el(l)enboge ‘elbow’ or a habitational name from any of several places called Ellenbogen or Ehlenbogen from this word. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Ellenbogen ‘elbow’ (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022