Given name & surname
Koch
Koch is a surname from German. It is used in English, German, Polish, and Czech.
Original GermanKöchle
Meaning & origin
Koch’s family of names
In English usage, Koch as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with KOK. In German usage, Koch as a surname has a related form in KOOK. In German usage, Koch as a surname has a related form in Cook.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Koch has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Koch comes from · 21 names
Nicknames & forms 21
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Köchlevariant · German
- Cookvariant · German, English
- Koxvariant · German
- Kookervariant · German
- Kookvariant · German
- Koockvariant · German
- Kokevariant · German
- Kocmannvariant · German
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Koch, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Koth
“tomcat”
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Kosh
Kosh is a surname from German.
56% boys · 44% girls
Kohne
Kohne is a surname from German.
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Koons
Koons is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.
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Cones
Cones is a surname from German.
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Kelch
Kelch is a surname from German.
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Kutsch
Kutsch is a surname from German.
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Koller
“horse collar”
80% boys · 20% girls