Meaning and Origin of: Ogilvie

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : From the high peak

Boy name variations

Ogilvy
Gil
Gilie
Gilly

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : habitational name from a place near Glamis in the former county of Angus, which is first recorded c.1205 in the formOgilvin. It is probably named from an early British form of Welsh uchel ‘high’ + ma ‘plain’, ‘place’ (mutated tofa) or ban ‘hill’ (mutated to fan).