# Oglethorpe

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #64,586

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old Norse.
2. A small city, the county seat of Macon County, Georgia, United States.

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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