English: occupational name for an extractor or seller of oil,
from a metathesized form of Anglo-Norman French olier (from
oile ‘oil’, Latin oleum ‘(olive) oil’; compare
Oliva). In northern England linseed oil obtained from locally
grown flax was more common than olive oil.
English: from the
Continental Germanic personal name Odilard, Oilard,
introduced by the Normans.
Americanized spelling of
German Euler or of Swabian Äuler, a topographic name
for someone who lived by a water meadow, Äule, a diminutive
of Au.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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