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bogle Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish and northern Irish: nickname for a person of frightening appearance, from older Scots bogill ‘hobgoblin’, ‘bogy’ (of uncertain origin, possibly Gaelic).
  2. South German (Bögle): metonymic occupational name for a bowman or bow maker, from a diminutive of Middle High German boge ‘bow’ (see Bogel), or from the pet form of a Germanic personal name formed with an element akin to Old High German bogo ‘bow’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bogle name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bogle family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bogle Families in the US in 1920
Number of bogle families
 41-79
 14-40		 1-13
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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