Cochise - Meaning of Cochise

What does Cochise mean?

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Cochise

[ syll. coc-hi-se, co-ch-ise ] The baby boy name Cochise is pronounced KOWCH-AYZ- †. Cochise's origin and use are both in the Apache language. The name's meaning is 'hardwood'.

Variant forms of Cochise include the names Cocheace, Cocheece, Cocheice, Cochiece, Cochyce, and Kochise.

Other variants of Cochise include the diminutive forms Chise and Coche.

See also the related category apache.

Cochise is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Cochise include Cacee, Cacey, Cachi, Caci, Cacia, Cacie, Cackee, Cackey, Cacki, Cackie, Cacky, Cacy, Cadao, Caicee, Caicey, Caisee, Caisi, Caisie, Caisy, and Caiya.

† approx English pronunciation for Cochise: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"