Otis (surname)

Otis is a male first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Otis is an English surname and a male first name derived from this. First name as surname occur predominantly in the USA.

Bearers of the name

First name

• Otis Barton (1899-1992), American diver and inventor
• Otis Blackwell (1932-2002), American composer
• Otis Bardwell Boise (1844-1912), American composer
• Otis R. Bowen (1918-2013), American politician
• Otis Charles (1926-2013), American clergyman, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah
• Otis Davis ( born 1932 ), American track and field athlete and Olympic champion
• Otis Finch (1933-1982), American jazz drummer
• Otis Harris ( b. 1982 ), American track and field athlete
• Otis Jackson Jr. (born 1973 ), American DJ, producer and rapper
• Otis neighbor ( * 1954), German football player
• Otis Redding (1941-1967), American musician
• Otis Rush ( born 1934 ), American blues guitarist
• Otis Spann (1930-1970), American blues pianist and singer
• Otis Taylor ( born 1948 ), American blues musician
• Otis Thorpe ( b. 1962 ), American basketball player
• Otis Williams ( b. 1941 ), American tenor and baritone singer

Family name

• Bass Otis (1784-1861), American artist and painter
• Brooks Otis (1908-1977), American classical philologist
• Carré Otis ( born 1968 ), American model and actress
• Clyde Otis (1924-2008), American songwriter and producer
• Elisha Graves Otis (1811-1861), American master mechanic
• Elwell Stephen Otis (1838-1909), American Major General and Military Governor of the Philippines
• George Otis (1917-2007), American missionary
• Glenn K. Otis ( born 1929 ), American General
• Harrison Gray Otis ( politician ) ( 1765-1848 ), American politician (Massachusetts )
• Harrison Gray Otis (publisher) ( 1837-1917 ), American publisher and editor
• James Otis (1725-1783), American jurist and freedom fighter
• Jeff Otis ( b. 1983 ), American football player
• Jim Otis ( b. 1948 ), American football player
• John Otis (1801-1856), American politician (Maine)
• John G. Otis (1838-1916), American politician (Kansas)
• Johnny Otis (1921-2012), American bandleader and music producer
• Laura Otis, American neuroscientist and scholar of literature
• Norton P. Otis (1840-1905), American politician (New York)
• Samuel Allyne Otis (1740-1814), American politician (Massachusetts )
• Shuggie Otis ( born 1953 ), American R & B musician