Aberchirder (Scots: Fogieloan, Scottish Gaelic: Obar Chiardair) known locally as Foggieloan or Foggie,[2] is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the A97 road six miles west of Turriff.

There are various theories; the most likely is that there is a stretch of moorland north of where the farm town existed (and, now, north of the village) which was named Foggieloan Moss from two Gaelic words foidh (peat moss) and lòn (meadow), so Foggieloan means peaty or boggy meadow.

Kinnairdy Castle, now belonging to the Innes family is 2 miles to the south west, where the River Deveron joins the Auchintoul Burn.

In 1823, the village is said to have been renamed 'Aberchirder' by the landowner, John Morison MP (later the 6th Baron of Bognie and Mountblairy),[6] after the 13th century Thanes of Aberkerdour of Kinnairdy Castle.

[5] As a planned community, the village was built on a grid pattern around a central square and had a mix of single storey thatched, stone-built houses fronting onto the streets (to prevent people having their middens on show) with long gardens intended to provide the inhabitants with a seasonal supply of food.