Information compiled by Oeds Odolphie
It is probably fair to assume that the name derives from St Odulph also Odolphus. He was an Augustine canon born in Oirschot North Brabant and became a missionary and followed St Boniface in bringing Christianity to the Frisians. He died in 855AD and his saint’s day is June 2nd.
In the early cloister lists in the towns of Tulda and Werdon on the Roer in Germany the Odolphie name first appears, In the Province of Groningen there is reputed to have lived an Odolphi of royal descent. In 1500AD 2 priests living in Leeuwarden called themselves Odolphi.