Hose (surname)

Hose is a surname originating from England. It is a topographical name from the Middle English, "hose", "huse" meaning "brambles", "thorns". Derived from Old English "hos", plural of "hoh" meaning "spur of the land" (literally "heel"), a habitational name from a place in Leicestershire.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Brutil Hose (born 1979), soccer player
 * Charles Hose (1863–1929), British ethnologist
 * Henry Hose also Hubert Hose, Lord Wardens of the Cinque Ports in 1225 and 1236–1241 respectively
 * Josh Hose (born 1986), Australian wheelchair rugby player
 * Katja Hose (born 1980), German-educated computer scientist working in Denmark and Austria
 * Sam Hose, African American worker lynched in 1899
 * Simon Hose (born 1967), Australian rules footballer