# Ogilvie

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈəʊɡlvɪ/ · frequency rank #46,094

## Definitions
1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A community in 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.

## Etymology
From the toponym Ogilvie Glen in Scotland, of Pictish origin: compare Proto-Brythonic *ʉxel and Scottish Gaelic beinn (“mountain, hill”).

## Easily confused with
- **Ogilvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogilvie-vs-ogilvy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`goilvie`, `oggilvie`, `ogilive`, `ogillvie`, `ogilvei`, `ogilvvie`, `ogivlie`, `oglivie`, `oiglvie`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ogilvie