German: from Middle High German hoch ‘high’; a
habitational name from any of various places named Hoch, or a
topographic name for someone who lived in an area of high land, or a
descriptive nickname for a tall man, from the same word.Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a tall person, from German
hoch ‘tall’, Yiddish hoykh.Czech: from a pet
form of the personal name Hodislav, composed of the elements
hodi- ‘to be fit or suited’ + slav ‘glory’,
‘splendor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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