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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian : variant of Ohlsson; or an Americanized spelling of Ohlsen.
  • Dutch : patronymic from the name Ole, a short form of a Germanic compound personal name formed with the initial element odal (see Ohl).

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