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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German (Ölke) : short form of the female personal name Olgardis, hence a metronymic, or of the male personal name Ulrich (see Oehl).
  • North German (Ölke) : nickname for a short person, from Low German ölken ‘dwarf’.
  • North German (Ölke) : possibly a habitational name from Oelken in Westphalia.

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