Otto

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed 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.). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑtoʊ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒtəʊ/ Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ Homophones: otto; auto (cot–caught merger) === Proper noun === Otto (countable and uncountable, plural Ottos or Ottoes) A male given name from the Germanic languages. A surname from the Germanic languages A number of places in the United States: A township in Kankakee County, Illinois. An unincorporated community in Bethlehem Township, Clark County, Indiana. A township in Oceana County, Michigan. A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. A town in Cattaraugus County, New York. An unincorporated community in Macon County, North Carolina. A township in McKean County, Pennsylvania. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia. An unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Wyoming. A geographical township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Ottoia, Ottoiidae ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === Toto, toto, toot, OTOT == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Otto. === Proper noun === Otto a male given name ==== Related terms ==== (surnames) Ottosen === References === [2] 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. == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Otto. === Proper noun === Otto a male given name from German, equivalent to English Otto ==== Related terms ==== == Faroese == === Etymology === Ultimately, from German Otto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔʰtːʊ/ Rhymes: -ɔʰtːʊ Homophone: áttu === Proper noun === Otto m a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics Otto's son: Ottosson Otto's daughter: Ottosdóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Otto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈotːo/, [ˈo̞t̪ːo̞] Rhymes: -otːo Syllabification(key): Ot‧to Hyphenation(key): Ot‧to === Proper noun === Otto a male given name The letter O in the Finnish spelling alphabet. ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Otto is the 87th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,002 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,596 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === otot, toto == German == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔto/ Hyphenation: Ot‧to === Proper noun === Otto a male given name, feminine equivalent Oda, Odilia, Ottilie, Uta, or Ute; variant form Udo === Proper noun === Otto m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ottos or (with an article) Otto, feminine genitive Otto, plural Ottos) Otto: a surname originating as a patronymic ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== == Norwegian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Otto. === Proper noun === Otto a male given name == Old High German == === Alternative forms === Hotto, Auto, Ōto, Outo, Oato (8th C. CE) === Etymology === From ōt (“wealth”), from Proto-West Germanic *aud, +‎ -o (proper noun suffix). === Proper noun === Otto m (Bavarian) a male given name [8th C. CE] ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: Odo, Ōto (12th C.), Otho (13th-14th C.), Otto German: Otto (see there for further descendants) === References === Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 38, column 94, line 6,9 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Otto. Doublet of Odo, Odon, and Otton. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔt.tɔ/ Rhymes: -ɔttɔ Syllabification: Ot‧to === Proper noun === Otto m pers a male given name from German, equivalent to English Otto ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Otto in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Otto m a male given name, variant of Oto, equivalent to English Otto == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Otto. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Otto c (genitive Ottos) a male given name