Last name origins & meanings:
- Americanized form of German Österlin: from the
personal name Österlin, composed of the elements
oster ‘Easter’ + the hypocoristic suffix -lin, thus
denoting a child born on Easter Day.
- Americanized form of German Österlin: nickname for someone living
to the east of a settlement or coming from a place in the east, from
late Middle High German ost ‘east’.
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