Oldenburg Family History
14-Day Free Trial
GET STARTED
Oldenburg Name Meaning
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’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Ellenberg, Lemberg, Rodenburg, Goldenberg, Altenburg, Blumenberg