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)

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.

Related terms

• Ogilby, Ogleby, Oglesbee, Oglesby

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧格爾維／奥格尔维 (Àogé'ěrwéi)

• Marathi: ओग्लवी (oglavī), ओगिलवी (ogilvī)
• 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