The story
- Proto-Brythonic · derived from*ʉxel“high, elevated”
- English todayOgilvie
From the toponym Ogilvie Glen in Scotland. The name is of Pictish origin. The first element is either from Proto-Brythonic *ʉxel (“high, elevated”), or else *ogel (“a ridge”). The second element the place-naming suffix -fa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.