Zech is both a given name and a German surname. The surname comes from
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...
''zæhe'', ''zæh'', ''zæch'', ''zāch'' meaning "tough".
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
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Alfred Zech, German child soldier
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Arryn Zech
Arryn Zech (born October 4, 1990) is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Blake Belladonna in the original anime-style CG-animated web series, ''RWBY'' and Dr. Emily Grey in ''Red vs. Blue'', an American web series also cr ...
, American voice actress
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Benedikt Zech, Austrian footballer
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Benno Zech, German teacher and politician
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Carlferdinand Zech, German musicologist, composer and choir conductor
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Hans Walter Zech-Nenntwich
Hans Walter Zech‐Nenntwich (10 July 1916 – after 1964) was a member of the SS who defected to the United Kingdom after being imprisoned in 1943. After World War II he was convicted of war crimes and temporarily fled Germany before retur ...
, German SS member
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Harry Zech (born 1969), Liechtenstein footballer
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Julius August Christoph Zech (1821–1864), German astronomer
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Zech's logarithm
Zech logarithms are used to implement addition in finite fields when elements are represented as powers of a generator \alpha.
Zech logarithms are named after Julius Zech, and are also called Jacobi logarithms, after Carl G. J. Jacobi who used ...
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Julius von Zech-Burkersroda (1885–1946), German diplomat
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Jürgen Zech (born 1965), Liechtenstein politician
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Karl Zech, German SS-''Gruppenführer''
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Karin Zech-Hoop (born 1973), Liechtenstein politician
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Lore Zech
Lore Zech (24 September 1923 – 13 March 2013) was a German geneticist and cytogenetics researcher who made major contributions to the field of cytogenetics. Her research and discoveries paved the way for the identification of anomalies in chromo ...
, German geneticist and cytogenetics researcher
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Luiz Zech, Brazilian volleyball player
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Paul Zech
Paul Zech (19 February 1881 – 7 September 1946) was a German expressionist writer and poet.
Biography
Paul Zech came from the large family of a craftsman as the eldest of six surviving children. At the age of 5, he was entrusted to his matern ...
, German writer and poet
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Reinhold Zech (born 1948), German footballer
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Rosel Zech
Rosalie Helga Lina Zech (7 July 1940 – 31 August 2011),Scott Roxboroug"'Veronica Voss' Actress Rosel Zech Dies of Cancer" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', 1 September 2011 known as Rosel Zech, was a German theater and film actress, she is most well ...
(1942–2011), German actress
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Tobias Zech (born 1981), German politician
Forename
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Zech McPhearson, American football player
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Zech Medley
Zechariah Joshua Henry Medley (born 9 July 2000) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Fleetwood Town F.C., Fleetwood Town.
Club career
Born in Greenwich, Greater London, Medley joined ...
, English footballer
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Zech Obiero
Zechariah Nahum Obiero (born 18 January 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Leyton Orient. Born in England, he represents Kenya at youth level.
Career
Obiero is a youth product of Tottenham Hotspur's youth ac ...
, English footballer
*Zech Pluister, vocalist of American pop punk band
Sleep On It
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Zech Smith (Jack Talos), American wrestler
See also
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2623 Zech, an asteroid
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Zech, a district of Lindau, Germany
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Zeck
References
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German-language surnames