| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | German |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Adamarus, Ademar, Adhemar, Audomar Otmar, Ottmar |
| Derived | Audamar |
Othmar, also spelled Otmar or Ottmar, is a masculine German given name, derived from the Germanic name Audamar, from the elements aud "wealth, prosperity" and mar "fame".
Notable people with the name include:
- Saint Othmar, medieval monk and priest
- Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American structural engineer
- Otmar Emminger, German economist
- Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German-Dutch human biologist and geneticist
- Otmar Hasler, Prime Minister of Lichtenstein (2001–2009)
- Ottmar Hörl, German conceptual artist, sculptor, installation, action, photography, and object artist
- Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football player and manager
- Otmar Issing, German economist
- Othmar Karas, Austrian politician
- Ottmar Liebert, German guitarist, songwriter and producer
- Ottmar Luscinius, German humanist
- Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American inventor
- Othmar Muller von Blumencorn, Swiss sailor
- Othmar Reiser, Austrian ornithologist
- Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer
- Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher
- Otmar Szafnauer, American businessman
- Othmar Zeidler, Austrian chemist
Fictional characters
- King Ottmar in the Legacy of Kain series
- Miss Othmar, the unseen teacher with a voice that is the sound of teaching from Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts
See also
- Ottomar
- Omar (name)
- Otto
- Ademar
- Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal, published Volcks-Sagen (1800) under the name Otmar
External links
- "Baby names starting with O". Baby Names. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
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