Otto
Otto is a male first name, which was worn by many secular and religious rulers. It occurs as a family name.
Importance
The name is originally a short form of names beginning with Old High German OHG ot " ownership, inheritance ," such as Otfried, Ottokar. Already in the early Middle Ages, the name has become independent, as Bodo, Hugo and other names short forms. The term for a German Ottonian dynasty is derived from the name of the first emperor of this generation, Otto I, from.
The term " average Joe " for the typical average German consumer goes back to the Berlin ballad of 1948, a feature film by Robert Adolf Stemmle in which Gert Frobe was in the lead role " average Joe ". The word Otto is a palindrome in the strict sense. That is, it can be read from the rear and from the front and gives the same sense.
Dissemination
From the late nineteenth century until the mid- 1910s, the name Otto was one of the ten most popular boy name. Then his popularity dropped gradually, from the 40s to even very clear. Since the late 50s, he is rarely awarded.
Variants
Udo, Odo, Otello, Othello, Otfrid, Otfried, Ottfried, Ottilie ( female), Othmar, Ottmar, Ottomar, Othon, Ottone, Ute (female)
The name Ulrich and its variants have the same root, from Udal -.
Name-day
June 30 ( Otto of Bamberg)
Bearers of the name
→ List of rulers named Otto
Cleric
- Otto I (Saxony) ( 877-912 ), lay abbot of Hersfeld
- Otto I of Brunswick -Lüneburg (1260-1279), Bishop of Hildesheim
- Otto I ( Gurk ) ( † 1214) as Otto I 's chosen Bishop of Gurk
- Otto II of Woldenberg († 1331 ), Bishop of Hildesheim
- Otto von Altena († 1262 ), ( Otto von der Mark, later Otto von Altena ), provost of Aachen and Maastricht
- Otto of Bamberg (around 1060-1139 ), canonized Bishop of Bamberg
- Otto of Freising (c. 1112-1158 ), Bishop of Freising and historian
- Otto von Lonsdorf (around 1200-1265 ), Bishop of Passau
- Otto ( Abbot of St. Blaise ) ( † 1223 ), 1222-1223 abbot in the monastery of St. Blaise in the Black Forest