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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Höschen) : probably a standardized form of Low German Hoeske, diminutive of Middle Low German (Middle High German) hose ‘hose’, ‘leggings’, either a metonymic occupational name for a knitter or maker of hose or a topographic name from a field so named because of its shape.

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