Oglethorpe
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the Old Norse personal name Oddketill + thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements odd (“point of a weapon”) + ketill (“cauldron”).
Proper noun
[edit]Oglethorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Oglethorpes)
- A surname from Old Norse.
- A small city, the county seat of Macon County, Georgia, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Oglethorpe is the 26761st most common surname in England, belonging to 146 individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Oglethorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English terms derived from Old Norse
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