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Ochse

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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:

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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.