Ogilvie

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ogilvie (countable and uncountable, plural Ogilvies)

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

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ogilvie is the 9510th 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
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