Given name

Óttar

Óttar is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

Original Old NorseÓttarr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Óttar comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Óttarr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Óttar’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Óttar continues an earlier form in Óttarr.

Walk Óttar’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Óttar

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Similar names

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Old Norse

Orvar

“arrow's”

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Germanic

Óláfr

“ancestor” · “remainder”

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Assar

“answerer”

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Ívar

Ívar is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Þórður

“Thor” · “peace”

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Oddur

Oddur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Þórir

Þórir is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic and Old Norse.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Össur

Össur is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Óttar’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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