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The olin Surname

olin Name Meaning and History

  1. French and Dutch: from a pet form of a Germanic compound personal name with the first element odal. Compare Ohl.
  2. Jewish (from Ukraine): from Ukrainian olin ‘stag’. This name is either ornamental or represents a calque of Yiddish personal name Hirsch.
  3. Swedish: variant spelling of Ohlin.

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Distribution of olin Families in the US in 1920
Number of olin families
 57-111
 20-56
 1-19
 0
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