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Origin: Native American

Meaning: Having the quality or strength of the oak, firewood

Brimming with history and deeply connected with nature, Cochise is the perfect name to celebrate your little one's heritage and relationship with the earth. This masculine name belonged to the renowned warrior Chief Cochise, leader of the Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache in the 1800s. Cochise means "having the quality or strength of the oak" and may come from the Athabaskan word chizh, meaning "firewood." With layers of bravery and leadership, the name Cochise will show baby they can draw strength from their roots to grow and may bend but will never break.