Ogden
See also: ogden
English
Etymology
Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).[1]
Proper noun
Ogden
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
- 1917, P.G.Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Piccadilly Jim:
- Even from an aesthetic point of view the sight of the bulging child offended him. Ogden Ford was round and blobby and looked overfed.
- A hamlet in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0630).
- A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
- A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A municipality of Quebec, Canada
- A number of places in the United States:
- A small city in Little River County, Arkansas.
- A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
- A city in Boone County, Iowa.
- A city in Riley County, Kansas.
- A town in Monroe County, New York.
- A census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Weber County, Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
References
- Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. OUP 1988.
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