Ogden

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English

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Etymology

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Places in England, from Old English āc (oak) + denu (valley).[1]

Proper noun

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Ogden

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. 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.
  3. A hamlet in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0630).
  4. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A community of 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.

References

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  1. ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. OUP 1988.