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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
This page lists people with the surname Ochse.
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