Kocher Family History
Kocher Name Meaning
German (Köcher): from Middle High German kochaere ‘vessel container (for transporting fish) quiver’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of these. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cook from an agent derivative of German kochen ‘to cook’. Compare Koch . Americanized form of Czech Kočer (see Kocer ). Americanized form of Slovenian Kočar or Czech Kočár (see Kochar ). Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from Yiddish kacher ‘drake’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Yiddish kochere ‘poker fork’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022