English / Map Form: Bognie
Gaelic Form: Boganaidh
County: Aberdeenshire
Local Authority: Aberdeenshire
English / Map Form: Bognie
Gaelic Form: Boganaidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
“Bog, with the termination ne or nach, meaning a place characterised by bogs.” Alexander 1952, 183
Additional Information
See also Markus, Place-names of Bute which gives Bogany which is presumably the same underlying word. He proposed a dative of Boganach as Boganaigh which is consistent with early forms.
