Family name origins & meanings
- Swiss German : perhaps an altered form of Nösser, an occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German nōss ‘working stock (cattle)’; or alternatively perhaps a habitational name from Nossen in Saxony, the -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.
- German and Swiss German (Nöser) : occupational name for a cattle dealer or someone who raised cattle or other domestic animals, an agent noun from Middle High German nōz ‘domestic animals’ (see Notz and Noss).