The kocher Surname
kocher Name Meaning and History
- German (Köcher): from Middle High German kochaere ‘vessel’, ‘container (for transporting fish)’, ‘quiver’, hence a metonymic occupational name maker of these.
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cook, from an agent derivative of German kochen ‘to cook’. Compare Koch.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Yiddish kacher ‘drake’.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Yiddish kochere ‘poker’, ‘fork’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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