Otto

From German Otto, from Old High German, short form of compound names beginning with Proto-West Germanic *aud, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) (cognate of English Ed- in Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edith, etc.).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑtoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒtəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
• Homophones: auto (in accents with the cot-caught merger), otto

Otto (countable and uncountable, plural Ottos or Ottoes)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname from the Germanic languages
3. A place in the United States
   1. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana.
   2. A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
   3. An unincorporated community in Macon County, North Carolina.
   4. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
   5. An unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Wyoming.

• Translingual: Ottoia, Ottoiidae

• Toto, toot, toto

From German Otto.

Otto

1. a male given name

• (surnames) Ottosen

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 647 males with the given name Otto have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

From German Otto.

Otto

1. a male given name from German, equivalent to English Otto

Ultimately, from German Otto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔʰtːʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʰtːʊ
• Homophone: áttu

Otto m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Otto: Ottosson
• daughter of Otto: Ottosdóttir

From German Otto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈotːo/, [ˈo̞t̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -otːo
• Syllabification^(key): Ot‧to

Otto

1. a male given name
   • 1958, Paavo Rintala, Pojat, Otava, published 2000, →ISBN, page 185:

     —Minun nimi Otto.
     Otto on suomalainenkin nimi.
     —Jaa minä tiedä, kansainvälinen, überall Otto-nimi...

     —My name's Otto.
     Otto's a Finnish name too.
     —Well you know, international, überall Otto...

   • 2014, Tanja Pohjola, Lintu pieni, Atena, →ISBN, page 13:

     Dorotean huulet liikkuivat, kun hän toisti aviomiehensä nimen, mutta se ei saanut häntä tuntemaan mitään. Nimi niin kuin mikä tahansa. Eikö sen olisi pitänyt läikyttää häntä, saada vedet valumaan yli? Mutta Otto, miten yksinkertainen nimi. Ei tietoakaan siitä, miten paljon enemmän elämä voi olla kuin kaksi konsonanttia ja kaksi vokaalia.

     Dorotea's lips moved as she repeated the name of ther husband, but it couldn't make her feel anything. The name was just like anything else. Wasn't it supposed to make her spill a bit and make the waters flow over? But Otto was such a simple name. It has no whiff of how much more life can be than two consonants and two vowels.

   • 2014, Heikki Turunen, Karjalan kuningas, WSOY, →ISBN, page 12:

     Toisen kerran äiti epäili päähänpinttymän syyksi Onnelan Viijaa, kuvanveistäjää, joka oli Impan rotinoilla nauranut ja sanonut minua, nimen kuultuaan, kuningas Otoksi, Saksaa joskus todella hallinneen sennimisen kuninkaan mukaan.

     The second time around mother thought the whim was due to Vilja Onnela, the sculptor, that had laughed while bringing over food was a childbirth gift and referred to me, having heard the name, as king Otto, after a real king of that name that had once ruled Germany.

2. The letter O in the Finnish spelling alphabet.

• Otto is the 90^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 7,872 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,487 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• otot, toto

Short form of Old High German compound names beginning with the element ōt (“riches”), such as Ottokar and Otmar, from Proto-West Germanic *aud, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“treasure”). Name of a 10th century German emperor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔto/

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• Hyphenation: Ot‧to

Otto

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Oda, Odilia, Ottilie, Uta, or Ute; variant form Udo

Otto m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ottos or (with an article) Otto, feminine genitive Otto, plural Ottos)

1. Otto: a surname originating as a patronymic

From German Otto.

Otto

1. a male given name

Otto m

1. a male given name, variant of Oto, equivalent to English Otto

From German Otto.

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Otto c (genitive Ottos)

1. a male given name