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Oechslein Name Meaning

South German (also Öchslein): from Middle High German ohse ‘ox’ + the diminutive suffix -lin; an occupational name for someone who tended cattle or for a cattle dealer. Alternatively it may have been a nickname for a farmer who had only oxen for plowing or perhaps for someone thought to resemble an ox. Compare Axline and Exline .

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Oehrlein, Oechsle, Schlein, Poehlein, Eckstein, Reichstein, Wechsler

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