Ochse Explained

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

• Ochs (surname)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ochs Name Meaning . 2022-03-10. ancestry.com . 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. Web site: Ochse Surname . 2022-03-10 . forebears.io . Approximately 1,508 people bear this surname.. en.