Given name & surname

Oglethorpe

“point of a weapon”·“cauldron”

Oglethorpe is a surname from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Oglethorpe is built from elements meaning “point of a weapon” and “cauldron”.

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Where it comes from

Oglethorpe comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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