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’.