Ogden

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proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English.

OriginOld English āc →
Less commonScrabble 7
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.

    Even from an aesthetic point of view the sight of the bulging child offended him. Ogden Ford was round and blobby and looked overfed.

    1917, P.G.Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Piccadilly Jim
  3. A hamlet in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0630).
  4. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  6. A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A small city in Little River County, Arkansas.
    2. A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
    3. A city in Boone County, Iowa.
    4. A city in Riley County, Kansas.
    5. A town in Monroe County, New York.
    6. A census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
    7. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.
    8. A city, the county seat of Weber County, Utah.
    9. An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.

Origin

  1. Old Englishāc“oak”
  2. EnglishOgden

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Ogden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ogden

MLA

“Ogden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ogden. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ogden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ogden.

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