67%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Apache Meaning & History Possibly means "something at the campire already cooked" in Apache [1]. This was the name of the wife of the Chiricahua Apache chief Cochise. Categories food, uncertain etymology Sources & References Page at https://books.google.ca/books?id=1hsYu9DUXWgC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false.