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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BOGUE

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(origin: Local) From the residence being near a bog, or from the Saxon boga, a bend, a bow, a corner; a town in France; the name appears on ancient coins in Sussex, England.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhaigh ‘descendant of Buadhach’, a personal name meaning ‘victorious’. (The British name Boudicca or Boadicea, borne by the Queen of the Iceni who in ad 62 led a revolt against the Roman occupation of her country, is a cognate.)

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)