Oglethorpe
name
name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old Norse. countable, uncountable
- 2 A small city, the county seat of Macon County, Georgia, United States. countable, uncountable
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”).
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