French and Dutch: from a pet form of a Germanic compound
personal name with the first element odal. Compare Ohl.Jewish (from Ukraine): from Ukrainian
olin ‘stag’. This name is either ornamental or represents a
calque of Yiddish personal name Hirsch.Swedish:
variant spelling of Ohlin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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