Ogilvie (name)

This article is about the name Ogilvie. For other uses, see Ogilvie.

OgilviePronunciation| /ˈoʊɡəlvi/[1]

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Origin
Meaning| "high place"
Region of origin| Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)| Ogilvy, Ogilby, Oglesby

Ogilvie is a surname of Clan Ogilvie from Angus, Scotland, deriving from the Old Welsh words ugl ("high") and ma ("place").

## People with the surname[edit]

* Ogilvie baronets
* Adam Ogilvie, Scottish footballer
* Albert Ogilvie (1890–1939), Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania
* Alec Ogilvie (1882–1962), pioneer British aviator
* Alexander Walker Ogilvie, Canadian politician
* Alick Ogilvie, Australian rules footballer who died in WWI
* Andy Ogilvie (born 1965), Canadian lacrosse player
* Bill Ogilvie (1932–2011), Scottish football player and manager
* Dame Bridget Ogilvie (born 1938), Australian scientist
* Campbell Ogilvie, Scottish football administrator (Rangers FC, Heart of Midlothian FC, Scottish Football Association)
* Charles Atmore Ogilvie (1793–1873), English priest
* Charles Ogilvie (disambiguation), several people
* Charles Ogilvie (footballer), Scottish amateur footballer
* Charles Ogilvie (sailor), Jamaican sailor
* Charles Ogilvie (merchant), English merchant and politician
* Charles Atmore Ogilvie, English priest
* David Ogilvie (disambiguation), several people
* Dave Ogilvie, Canadian record producer and musician
* David Ogilvie (cricketer) (born 1951), former Australian cricketer
* Duncan Ogilvie (1911–1967), Scottish footballer
* Edward Ogilvie (1814–1896), Australian politician
* Elisabeth Ogilvie (1917–2006), American writer
* Elizabeth Ogilvie (born 1946), Scottish artist
* Francis Grant Ogilvie (c.1858–1930), Scottish scientist and museum curator
* Francis Ogilvie (Governor), Governor of East Florida
* Frederick Ogilvie (1893–1949), Director-General of the BBC
* Fred Ogilvie, American politician, Missouri state representative
* Gary Ogilvie (born 1967), Scottish footballer
* George Ogilvie, 1988 Byron Kennedy Award winner
* Gordon Ogilvie (1934–2017), New Zealand historian
* James Ogilvie (disambiguation), several people
* James Ogilvie (bishop) (died 1518), Scottish bishop
* James Nicoll Ogilvie (1860–1926), Scottish minister
* James Ogilvie (coach) (died 1950), American football player and coach
* James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield (1876–1915), Scottish nobleman
* Joe Ogilvie (born 1974), American golfer
* John Ogilvie (disambiguation), several people
* John Ogilvie (South African cricketer) (born 1958), South African cricketer
* John Ogilvie (Wellington cricketer) (born 1931), New Zealand cricketer
* John Ogilvie (Central Districts cricketer) (born 1969), New Zealand cricketer
* John Ogilvie (footballer) (1928-2020), Scottish footballer
* John Ogilvie (lexicographer) (1797–1867), Scottish lexicographer
* John Ogilvie (miller) (1833–1888), Canadian businessman and miller
* John Ogilvie (poet) (1733–1813), Scottish reverend and poet
* John Ogilvie (saint) (1579–1615), Scottish Jesuit martyr
* Kelvin Ogilvie (born 1942), Canadian chemist and senator
* Lauryn Ogilvie, Australian sport shooter
* Lawrence Ogilvie, plant pathologist in Bermuda and Britain
* Lloyd John Ogilvie (1930-2019), American minister and writer
* Major Ogilvie, American football player
* Malcolm Ogilvie, British ornithologist
* Maria Gordon (née Ogilvie) (1864–1939), Scottish geologist
* Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, biographer of women scientists
* Nivek Ogre (born 1962), musician, real name Kevin Graham Ogilvie
* Richard B. Ogilvie (1923–1988), 1960s American politician
* Robert Ogilvie (1853–1938), England international footballer
* Robert Maxwell Ogilvie (1932–1981), classical scholar
* Sheilagh Ogilvie (born 1958), Canadian economic historian
* William Ogilvie (disambiguation), several people
* William Ogilvie of Pittensear (1736–1819), Scottish land reformer and 'rebel professor'
* William Ogilvie (surveyor) (1846–1912), Canadian Commissioner of the Yukon Territory
* William Ogilvie (Ardglass) (1740–1832), Scottish scholar and tutor
* William Abernethy Ogilvie (1901–1989), Canadian painter and war artist
* William Henry Ogilvie (1869–1963), Australian poet, author of Saddle For A Throne
* William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863–1924), Scottish ornithologist
* William Watson Ogilvie (1835–1900), Canadian pioneer

## See also[edit]

* Ogilvy (name)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.

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