Otto

German

"wealthy"

Otto Origin and Meaning

The name Otto is a boy's name of German origin meaning "wealthy".

Otto is cool again. Long a quintessential Old Man Name, Otto has been promoted to trending darling of adventurous baby namers.

Like most German names, Otto fell out of favor during and after the two World Wars – it had been a Top 100 name in the years preceding. Off the Top 1000 from the mid-1970s until 2011, Otto is now headed straight uphill.

Otto Frank was the father of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who wrote her famous diary during her family's years in hiding from the Nazis during World War II. She was killed in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 and her father Otto typed and edited the diary himself to prepare it for publication.

Otto Hightower is a character in the Game of Thrones universe, played by Rhys Ifans in the HBO prequel House of the Dragon.

Feminine forms of Otto include Ottoline, Ottilie, Odilia and Odette, all fashionable in the UK along with Otto itself.

Otto Rank in US Top 1000

# 281 in the US

Otto Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 32 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Otto

• 281 US 2023
• 32 Nameberry 2025
• 293 Future 2028
• 119 England 2023
• 238 Germany 2016
• 10 Sweden 2024
• 18 Denmark 2023

20 Names Similar to Otto

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Otto.

• Otis
• Kit
• Orson
• Hugo
• Alfie
• Archie
• Linus
• Amos
• Roscoe
• Gus
• Alby
• Angus
• Oscar
• Phineas
• Wilbur
• Ira
• Albie
• Winston
• Barnaby
• Hugh

Famous People Named Otto

• Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck 1st Chancellor of Germany
• Otto von Habsburg last Crown Prince of Austria,Hungary
• Otto I IV, Holy Roman Emperors
• Otto Friedrich Ludwig King of Greece
• Otto Wilhelm Luitpold Adalbert Waldemar von Wittelsbach King of Bavaria
• Otto Heinrich Frank German,Swiss father of diarist Anne Frank
• Otto Emil Plath father of American writer Sylvia Plath
• Otto Ludwig Preminger Austrian,American film director
• Otto Everett Graham American NFL football player
• Otto Jones younger brother of American actor Angus T. Jones
• Otto Wood American drummer of the band Waterparks
• Otto Scheff German Olympic swimmer
• Otto Klemperer German,American conductor
• Otto Gerhard Waalkes German comedian and actor
• Otto Wallach German chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Otto Fritz Meyerhof German physician; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Otto Heinrich Warburg German biochemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Otto Loewi German pharmacologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Otto Stern German physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Otto Hahn German chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Otto Vogl Austrian,American chemist
• Otto Porter American basketball player
• Otto Warmbier late American student held hostage in North Korea
• Otto Kilcher American reality TV star on "Alaska: The Last Frontier"; uncle of singer Jewel
• Otto Patrick Dunstan (b. 2013) son of Australian youtubers Rohan and Chloe Dunstan (Life with Beans)

The name Otto in Pop Culture

• Otto Rocket character on animated series "Rocket Power"
• Otto Maddox main character in film "RepoMan"
• Otto Mann bus driver on TV's "The Simpsons"
• Otto Delaney character on TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
• Otto Klopp character in Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan Series
• Otto Octavius aka Doctor Octopus villain in Spider,Man comics
• Otto Osworth character on the animated series Time Squad
• Otto Flick character on British TV series 'Allo 'Allo!
• Otto Meyer character in the 1963 film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
• Otto talking ferret in 2002 animated film "Barbie as Rapunzel"
• Otto Sarge's dog in comic strip "Beetle Bailey"
• Otto Chriek vampire photographer from the "Discoworld" series by Terry Pratchett
• Otto the Gorilla character in film "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto"
• Otto the Autopilot the blow,up autopilot doll in 1980 film Airplane!
• Otto West character in the 1988 film "A Fish Called Wanda"
• Otto Malpense the main character in the H.I.V.E. series by Mark Walden
• Otto "Unbreakable" Zander character in video game series X,COM Enemy Unknown[4]
• Otto the Orange mascot of Syracuse University
• Otto character in the game "Minecraft Story Mode"
• Otto the Auto AAA's education program for elementary school aged kids

International Variations of the name Otto

• Audr Norwegian
• Oto Spanish
• Otton Polish
• Otho German
• Oton Polish
• Ottone Italian
• Tonek Polish
• Ottomar German
• Otik Czech
• Onek Polish
• Othon French
• Odo Norwegian
• Odon French
• Otman Spanish
• Otek Polish
• Otilio Spanish
• Otello Italian
• Ottocar German
• Tilo Spanish
• Otfried German