Olinick Family History
Olinick Name Meaning
Americanized form of Ukrainian and Rusyn Oliynyk or Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Olinik: occupational name for an extractor or seller of cooking oil from Ukrainian and Rusyn oliynyk an agent derivative of oliy ‘oil’. It is also found written in the pseudo-Gaelicized form O'Linick. Americanized form of Polish and Jewish Olejnik or of Czech and Slovak Olejník cognates of
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022