Kuchler Family History

(also Küchler): occupational name for a pastry cook, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuoche ‘cake’, ‘pastry’. (Küchler): occupational name for a pastry cook, from Küchle, a southern diminutive of Kuchen ‘cake’ (Middle High German kuoche). in Austria, occupational name for someone who worked in a kitchen, from Bavarian-Austrian Kuchel ‘kitchen’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press