Oldroyd Family History
Oldroyd Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): variant of Ollerhead from a lost and unidentified place called Ollerhead apparently in Lancashire remodelled as if from a placename containing Yorkshire dialect royd ‘clearing’ (Old English rodu). The original placename may derive from Old English alren ‘growing with alders’ (from Old English alor ‘alder’ + the adjectival suffix -en) + hēafod ‘head top summit’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022