Oleynik Family History
Oleynik Name Meaning
Ukrainian Rusyn and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): Russian Polish or Slovak influenced variant of Ukrainian and Rusyn Oliynyk an occupational name for an extractor or seller of cooking oil from oliynyk an agent derivative of oliy (Russian oley Polish and Slovak olej) ‘oil’. Compare 2 below Olenick Olenik and Olinick . Americanized form of Polish Olejnik or Czech and Slovak Olejník cognates of
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022