Oelfke

The Oelfkenhof in Oerbke

Oelfke^{? / i} is aGermanfamily name and aLow Germanmale first name.

Origin and meaning

The name Oelfke is a Low German diminutive of the name Olf. According to Bahlow, Olf is a short form of the name Odolf, which is composed of the name elements od "erebter possession" and wolf "wolf".

After Kohlheim and Kohlheim, Olf is a variant of Wolf .

The name of the farm "Oelfkenhof" in Oerbke can be traced back to the 1438 Celle treasure register .

Well-known namesake

Monika Fornaçon , b. Oelfke (* 1964 ), German football - referee
Uwe Oelfke , German physicist (medical physics)
Tami Oelfken (1888–1957), German writer and reform pedagogue
Heinz Oelfke (* 1934), German writer
William C. Oelfke , American astrophysicist

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^ Hans Bahlow : Deutsches Namenlexikon (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 65). 1985 - Lemmas Olf and Ohloff
↑ Rosa Kohlheim and Volker carbon home: Duden. The great first name dictionary . Dudenverlag, Mannheim 1998, ISBN 3-411-06081-6 .
↑ Celler Treasury Register 1438

Web links

[1] Hans Bahlow : Deutsches Namenlexikon (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 65). 1985 - Lemmas Olf and Ohloff

[2] Rosa Kohlheim and Volker carbon home: Duden. The great first name dictionary . Dudenverlag, Mannheim 1998, ISBN 3-411-06081-6 .

[3] Celler Treasury Register 1438