Oesterle Family History
Oesterle Name Meaning
South German (also Österle):: from a diminutive of Oster ‘eastern’ denoting someone who lived to the east of a settlement or who came from the east. from a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name derived from a basic word aus ‘shining’ which took on a mythological meaning ‘sunrise spring’ hence Old High German ōstar ‘in the east’. Compare Easterly and Esterle .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022