Family name origins & meanings
- Variant spelling of French Soileux, an occupational name for a grower or seller of rye, from a derivative of Artois and Picard soille ‘rye’ (standard French seigle). This name is frequent in LA.
- American bearers of the name are said to be descended from one Noël Soileau, from Mézières, France, who settled in North America in 1719.