Family name origins & meanings
- North German (Ölke) : short form of the female personal name Olgardis, hence a metronymic, or of the male personal name Ulrich (see Oehl).
- North German (Ölke) : nickname for a short person, from Low German ölken ‘dwarf’.
- North German (Ölke) : possibly a habitational name from Oelken in Westphalia.