Otto

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese
Sami Sami

Origin and Meaning

1) German pet form of names starting with Ot- (see AUD) [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Sometimes associated with Swedish åtta = 'eight' (= 'eighth child' or 'born in August') [3]

Related Names

     
Ortu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Oti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Otsa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Otte ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Otti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Otto ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Sami Swedish
Ottó ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Otu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Otukka ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also
Variant forms: Otten
Female forms: Otta, Ottine, Ottoine, Ottoline, Ottomine, Ottonia

Combinations

For combinations see AUD (name element)

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

9 April

Denmark Denmark

4 November

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

4 November

Finland Finland

17 April

Norway Norway

4 November

Sami Sami

17 April

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

17 April

Sweden Sweden

9 April

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Otto
Accusative: Otto
Dative: Otto
Genitive: Ottos

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1316 [3]

Namesakes

Otto Bahr Halvorsen, former Prime Minister of Norway (1920-1921 + 1923)

Otto Albert Blehr, former Prime Minister of Norway (1921-1923)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 2776 n.a
Sweden Sweden[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png 0 1 2753 10774
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 988 2074
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 3 n.a 26390
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[6][5][7][8]:Name statistics for Otto(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[7]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Otto(m)


Sources: [6] [5] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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