Kocsis Family History
Kocsis Name Meaning
Hungarian: occupational name for a coachman or coachbuilder from Hungarian kocsi ‘coach wagon’ originally kocsi szekér ‘Kocs cart’ from the village of Kocs where in the 15th century this type of conveyance with springs was first made. The modern English word coach and French coche are derived from this Hungarian word as well as German Kutsche and Czech koči.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022