The oldenburg Surname
oldenburg Name Meaning and History
North German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name
from Oldenburg, the capital of the former principality of the same
name, from the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition
and article) of Middle Low German ald, old ‘old’ +
burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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