Ogilvie

English

Alternative forms

Ogilvy

Etymology

From the toponym Ogilvie Glen in Scotland, of Celtic origin: compare Proto-Celtic *ouxselos (“high”) and Scottish Gaelic beinn (“mountain, hill”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊɡlvɪ/

Proper noun

Ogilvie (countable and uncountable, plural Ogilvies)

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A minor city in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States.
A small town in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia.

Related terms

Ogilby, Ogleby, Oglesbee, Oglesby

Translations

surname

Russian: О́угилви (Óugilvi)

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Ogilvie is the 9510^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3418 individuals. Ogilvie is most common among White (78.44%) and Black/African American (15.33%) individuals.

References

Rybakin, A. I. (1986), “Ogilvie”, in Slovarʹ anglijskix familij [A Dictionary of English Surnames], Moscow: Russky Yazyk Publishers, page 338b