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ArchivesRe: where does Oles originate??
in reply to a message by Sandy oles
It could be german or swedish. In Sweden it is extremely rare. On white pages you'll find OLESEN. In Germany OLES is a local surname (see german white pages): About hundred names on German White Pages.
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I think it is a familar form of Olaf ...which is a common name in Scandinavia ...meaning "ancestor" ...
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In addition to previous suggestions - there is a Polish surname Oles, very rare spelt like that. However, in Polish, a diacritical mark can be placed above the S to indicate that it is pronounecd SH. This is a more common name. It is a diminutive of Aleksander, so your ancestor could have been a Pole called Alexander but better known by this less formal version of his baptismal name.
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