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

## See also

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* Ochs (surname)

## References

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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."

Surname list

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