Ochs Family History
Ochs Surname Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German ohse German Ochs ‘ox’; 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 referring to an inn with the sign of an ox.
As a Jewish name it is often artificial.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022