Ochse

Ochse can refer to the Ochsen, a mountain in Switzerland

Ochse is a German language surname.^[1]^[2] It stem from the German word Ochse for "ox" and was probably used as a nickname for a strong or lumbering individual. Notable people with the name include:

Arthur Edward Ochse (1870–1918), South African cricketer
Arthur Lennox Ochse (1899–1949), South African cricketer
Chum Ochse (1925–1996), South African rugby union wing
Fernand Ochsé (1879–1944), French Jewish designer, dandy, author, composer and painter
Hildegard Ochse (1935–1997), German photographer
Jacob Jonas Ochse (1892–1970), Dutch botanist
Louise Ochsé (1884–1944), Franco-Belgian sculptor
Weston Ochse (1965), American author and educator

References

^ "Ochs Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Ochs 'ox', Middle High German ohse; probably a nickname for a strong or lumbering individual, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who tended or drove oxen, or for a cattle dealer. In some cases the surname was a habitational name derived from an inn sign. As a Jewish name it is often ornamental.
^ "Ochse Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-03-10. Approximately 1,508 people bear this surname.

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[1] "Ochs Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Ochs 'ox', Middle High German ohse; probably a nickname for a strong or lumbering individual, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who tended or drove oxen, or for a cattle dealer. In some cases the surname was a habitational name derived from an inn sign. As a Jewish name it is often ornamental.

[2] "Ochse Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-03-10. Approximately 1,508 people bear this surname.

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