This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ogle,' Icel. Ogvalld (Yonge). A northern name found as component in several local names; v. Oglethorpe. A Northumberland family of Ogle sprang from Oggil in that county (v. Lower).

Robertas Ogill, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1583. Cathbert Ogle, Northumberland Register of the University of Oxford.

1637. Married — John Barnes and Elizabeth Ogle: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1803. — Charles Ogle and Charlotte Martha Gage: St. George, Hanover Square.

Of territorial origin from the barony of Ogilvie in the parish of Glamis in Angus. Gilbert, son of Gillebride, first earl of Angus, and younger brother of Gilcrist, third earl of Angus, obtained a charter between 1172-77 of the lands of Purin Ogguluin, and Kynmethan (Douglas, III, 349). This charter exists only in a transumpt made in 1577, as the original was then "werray auld, warne and consumit, and skantlie may be weill red." This Gilbert is also witness to a grant by his brother Gilchrist of the church of Moryfode to the Abbey of Aberbrothok between 1201-4 (RAA., I, 29). Alexander de Oggoluin had a charter of the lands of Bela it and others before 1232 (SHSM., IV, p. 315). Patrick de Oggiluill occurs as witness to a mortification by Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester, Constable of Scotland, of the church of Losrech (Lathrisk) to the Priory of St. Andrews about 1267 (RPSA., p. 337). He also, as Oggelville and Eggilvyn, took the oath of fealty in 1296. His seal bears a dog at foot of tree, between 2 cinquefoils, and S' Patricii de Oggilvile (Bain, II, p. 195,550) Walter de Ogilby was appointed High Treasurer of Scotland in 1425, and about the same date Patrick de Ogilby was Justiciar of Scotland benorth the Forth (The Lennox, II, 62). David of Ogilby was hostage for the king of Scotland in 1425 and Thomas of Oglevy of Clova had a safe conduct in 1466 (Bain, IV, 981,983, 1366). A long-standing feud between the Campbells and the Ogilvies culminated in 1645 when the latter had their revenge for the burning of "The Bonnie House of Airlie" by setting fire to Castle Campbell near Dollar. An old rhyme referring to some Ogilvie of the past runs:

"Ugly you lived, and Ugly you the,Stolen from Fore bears

And now in an ugly place you lie."

"Ugly" here, of course, is a pun on the surname. Old forms of the name in addition to those already noted are: Ogelbe 1531, Ogglebie 1665, Ogiluy 1501, Ogillwe 1533, Ogiluill 1250, Ogilwe 1533, Ogilwill 1348, Ogilwye 1685, Ogilvile 1425, Ogilvo 1516, Ogliwy 1545, Oglevie 1661, Ogvlui and Ogylvi 1483, Ogyluy 1526, Ogyluyll 1359, Ogylvil 1425, Ogylvy 1452, Ogyllwe 1534, Ogylwe 1492, Ogylwy 1509, Ogylwye 1456, and among the Scots Guards in the service of France it appeared as Ohilby. Other forms (undated) are Ogelvy, Ogiilvy, Ogilbe Ogilbie, Ogilvi, Ogilwie, Ogivlle, Ogylbe, Ongelby.

Of local origin from the place named Ogle in Northumberland. Robert de Ogle before his death in 1362 held half the barony of the Hospital in Northumberland (Bain, IV, 73). Henry de Ogle witnessed a charter of lands in Fife, 1395 (Wemyss, II, 33), and Patrick Ogyll witnessed a papal dispensation by the bishop of Dunblane in 1422 (Hay, 10). Alexander de Ogil de Popil was one of an assize on the lands of Gladmor, 1430 (James II, 16), and Patrick Ogyl (Ogyll or Ogill) held a tenement in Haddington in 1458 and was witness there in same year (Neubotle, p. 244,246-248). John Ogyll witnessed an instrument of sasine in favor of Adam Crechtoun of Ruchtven (Ruthven) in 1501 (Bamff, p. 39), the seal of Patrick Ogil is appended to a retour of 1538 (Seals Supp., 787), William Ogill was a witness in Argyll, 1563 (HP. II, p. 206), payment was made to William Ogill, writer in chancery, in 1561 (ER., XIX, p. 136), and Henry Ogle is recorded at Hirsell in 1727 (Lauder).

OGILVIE, Ogilvy: Of territorial origin from the barony of Ogilvie in the parish of Glamis in Angus. Gilbert, son of Gillebride, first earl of Angus, and younger brother of Gilcrist, third earl of Angus, obtained a charter between 1172-77 of the lands of Purin Ogguluin, and Kynmethan (Douglas, III, 349). This charter exists only in a transumpt made in 1577, as the original was then "werray auld, warne and consumit, and skantlie may be weill red." This Gilbert is also witness to a grant by his brother Gilchrist of the church of Moryfode to the Abbey of Aberbrothok between 1201-4 (RAA., I, 29). Alexander de Oggoluin had a charter of the lands of Bela it and others before 1232 (SHSM., IV, p. 315). Patrick de Oggiluill occurs as witness to a mortification by Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester, Constable of Scotland, of the church of Losrech (Lathrisk) to the Priory of St. Andrews about 1267 (RPSA., p. 337). He also, as Oggelville and Eggilvyn, took the oath of fealty in 1296. His seal bears a dog at foot of tree, between 2 cinquefoils, and S' Patricii de Oggilvile (Bain, II, p. 195,550) Walter de Ogilby was appointed High Treasurer of Scotland in 1425, and about the same date Patrick de Ogilby was Justiciar of Scotland benorth the Forth (The Lennox, II, 62). David of Ogilby was hostage for the king of Scotland in 1425 and Thomas of Oglevy of Clova had a safe conduct in 1466 (Bain, IV, 981,983, 1366). A long-standing feud between the Campbells and the Ogilvies culminated in 1645 when the latter had their revenge for the burning of "The Bonnie House of Airlie" by setting fire to Castle Campbell near Dollar. An old rhyme referring to some Ogilvie of the past runs:

"Ugly you lived, and Ugly you the,Stolen from Fore-bears

And now in an ugly place you lie."

"Ugly" here, of course, is a pun on the surname. Old forms of the name in addition to those already noted are: Ogelbe 1531, Ogglebie 1665, Ogiluy 1501, Ogillwe 1533, Ogiluill 1250, Ogilwe 1533, Ogilwill 1348, Ogilwye 1685, Ogilvile 1425, Ogilvo 1516, Ogliwy 1545, Oglevie 1661, Ogvlui and Ogylvi 1483, Ogyluy 1526, Ogyluyll 1359, Ogylvil 1425, Ogylvy 1452, Ogyllwe 1534, Ogylwe 1492, Ogylwy 1509, Ogylwye 1456, and among the Scots Guards in the service of France it appeared as Ohilby. Other forms (undated) are Ogelvy, Ogiilvy, Ogilbe Ogilbie, Ogilvi, Ogilwie, Ogivlle, Ogylbe, Ongelby.

(Celtic) belonging to Ogilvie (Forfar), early 13th cent. Ogilvin [the first element maybe theictish cognate of Welsh uchel, high; and (if the physiography of the place bears it out) the second element may represent a mutated form of Welsh bàn = Gaelic beinn, a peak: but further early forms are desirable] The third son [of Gilibride, Earl of Angus, temp. David I.] Gilbert assumed the surname of Ogilvy from lands so called in his possession, of which, with Powrie and Kyneithein in Angus, he had a charter in 1172.—Burke’s Peerage, &c., sub nomine ‘Airlie’.

(Scottish) One who came from the barony of Ogilvie (high hill), in the parish of Glamis, in Angus.

The extinct peerage family (from whom springs the existing baronet), rose to eminence in the twelfth century, and derived their surname from the lordship of Oggil, co. Northumberland; but Ogle appears also to be an Anglo-Saxon or Danish personal name, as it occurs, in composition with topographical expressions, in several family names, as Ogilvie, Ogilwy, Ogilby, and Oglesby, the residence of Ogle; Oglethorpe, the village of Ogle, &c.

Local: from the Barony of Ogilvy in Forfarshire. The family are descended from Gilbert, brother of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, who obtained from William the Lion a grant of the Barony of Ogilvy.

Local: from the Ogle Castle in Northumberland. The family are descended from Robert Ogle of Ogle, temp. Edward III.

OGILVIE: Local. From the lands of Ogilvie, in Scotland. It may come from the Welsh Ochil, a high place.