75%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Old Irish [1] Meaning & History Means "horse lord" from Old Irish ech "horse" and tigerna "lord". Related Names Rootsech + tigerna Categories animals, horses, leadership Sources & References O'Brien, Kathleen M. Index of Names in Irish Annals, available from https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Echthigern.shtml.
