Oelfke
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Oelfke i is a German surname and a Low German (Plattdüütsch) masculine given name.
Origin and meaning
[edit ]The name Oelfke, name of farmers from the "Hohe Heidmark" of the administrative district Heidekreis in Lower-Saxony, Germany traces back to Ol, Oel=Adel (nobility), Od=Besitz (property), like Oleff, Oloff, Odulleib, that's the one who has the life in sense of "being inheritor", simply expressed that's the one who owns the inheritance of farmer.[1] The farm's name "Oelfkenhof" in Oerbke is already traced to the "Celler Schatzregister" of 1438.[2]
A descendant of the Oelfke family immigrated to the area of Hamburg, Minnesota where thousands of his descendants now live.
Variants
[edit ]Oelfke
[edit ]- Heinz Oelfke (born 1934), German author
- Monika Fornaçon, born Oelfke (born 1964), German football referee
Oelfken
[edit ]- Tami Oelfken (1888–1957), German author and school reformer
Oelke
[edit ]- Brigitte Oelke (born 1975), Swiss musician and actor
- Jürgen Oelke (born 1940), German rowing coxswain
Oelkers
[edit ]- Bryan Oelkers (born 1961), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Claire Oelkers (born 1985), singer of the German rock band Karpatenhund
- Olga Oelkers (1887–1969), German fencer
- Scott Oelkers, Retired President of Domino's Pizza Japan
References
[edit ]- ^ Stuhlmacher, Hans (1939) Die Heidmark. Louis Scheling, Walsrode. p. 354 (German)
- ^ Celler Schatzregister 1438 (German)
Surname list
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