# Oelfke

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***Oelfke*** is a [German](/source/German_language) surname and a [Low German](/source/Low_German) (Plattdüütsch) masculine given name.

## Origin and meaning

The name Oelfke, name of farmers from the "Hohe Heidmark" of the administrative district [Heidekreis](/source/Heidekreis) in [Lower-Saxony](/source/Lower-Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany) traces back to Ol, Oel=Adel ([nobility](/source/Nobility)), Od=Besitz ([property](/source/Property)), like Oleff, Oloff, Odulleib, that's the one who has the life in sense of "being inheritor", simply expressed that's the one who owns the inheritance of farmer.[1] The farm's name *"Oelfkenhof"* in Oerbke is already traced to the "Celler Schatzregister" of 1438.[2]

A descendant of the Oelfke family immigrated to the area of Hamburg, Minnesota where thousands of his descendants now live.

## Variants

### Oelfke

- [Heinz Oelfke](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Oelfke) (born 1934), German author
- [Monika Fornaçon](/source/Monika_Forna%C3%A7on), born Oelfke (born 1964), German football referee

### Oelfken

- [Tami Oelfken](/source/Tami_Oelfken) (1888–1957), German author and school reformer

### Oelke

- [Brigitte Oelke](/source/Brigitte_Oelke) (born 1975), Swiss musician and actor
- [Jürgen Oelke](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Oelke) (born 1940), German rowing coxswain

### Oelkers

- [Bryan Oelkers](/source/Bryan_Oelkers) (born 1961), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- [Claire Oelkers](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Oelkers) (born 1985), singer of German rock band Karpatenhund
- [Olga Oelkers](/source/Olga_Oelkers) (1887–1969), German fencer

## References

1. [Stuhlmacher, Hans](/source/Stuhlmacher,_Hans) (1939) *Die Heidmark*. Louis Scheling, Walsrode. p. 354 (German)

1. Celler Schatzregister 1438 (German)

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