The Scottish and Northern English surname Oglesby is an habitational name, from Ugglebarnby (recorded in 1314 as Oggelberdesby) in North Yorkshire, named from an Old Norse personal name Uglubárthr and býr meaning “ a farmstead, or a settlement.” The name is recorded in the county of Angus in Scotland in the 15th Century. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1680 when John Oglesby is recorded in Barbados. Today there are approximately 12,000 bearers of the name Oglesby living in the United States.
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