Otto

What Otto means

Means “wealth, riches”

Borrowed from German Otto, from Old High German, short form of compound names (such as Otachar, Ottokar) beginning with Proto-West Germanic *aud, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) (cognate of English Ed- in Edgar, Edmund, Edward

Source: Wiktionary, “Otto” (revision 94542306), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Otto?

US: Rising: up from #544 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #254 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1889, when 309 boys got the name (#65 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,376 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 612 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 982 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (5.36 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), SD (3.64 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Otto is #277 in the US and #117 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Otto were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Eito9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Otto

Boys

• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Emory#883Editor’s note Down from #830 in 2015 to #883 in 2025 in the US
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025

For a sister

• Amalia#566“vigor, bravery”^*
• Evelina#778Editor’s note Up from #1,354 in 2015 to #778 in 2025 in the US
• Adaline#208Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Zelda#832Editor’s note Down from #648 in 2015 to #832 in 2025 in the US
• Louisa#694Form of Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Otto’s. Rank is US 2025.