Family name origins & meanings
- German (Hösch) : (North German): nickname from a reduced form of Middle Low German hovesch ‘courtly’, a derivative of hof ‘court’ (see Hoff).
- German (Hösch) : probably a nickname for a scornful person, from Middle High German hoschen ‘to mock’, hosche ‘mockery’.
- German (Hösch) : from a pet form of the personal name Johannes (see Johann, John).