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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

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

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