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I was reading and came across the name Olgilvie, which I am completely unfamiliar with. I was wondering if anyone here has heard it before. Does anyone know how to pronounce it? Thanks in advance for any and all help.
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What were you reading when you came across this name? Was it the name of a real person or a fictional character?
It does look like just a mistake for Ogilvie, which is a surname from a Scottish place name.
It does look like just a mistake for Ogilvie, which is a surname from a Scottish place name.
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It was a fictional person. All I could find was information on Ogilvie, so I didn't know if it was a real name or if the writer was making a name up or messed up the spelling. I didn't want to assume it was made up (or a typo that stuck) without checking it out first.
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I don't know about Olgilvie, but Ogilvie is a Scottish surname.
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Glamis in the former county of Angus, which is first recorded c.1205 in the form Ogilvin. It is probably named from an early British form of Welsh uchel ‘high’ + ma ‘plain’, ‘place’ (mutated to fa) or ban ‘hill’ (mutated to fan).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Glamis in the former county of Angus, which is first recorded c.1205 in the form Ogilvin. It is probably named from an early British form of Welsh uchel ‘high’ + ma ‘plain’, ‘place’ (mutated to fa) or ban ‘hill’ (mutated to fan).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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I know an Ogilvia, pronounced oh-gihl-vee-uh.
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