Meaning & origin
What it means
Oatis is a form of Oates. As an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, Oates goes back to a word meaning “wealth.”
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Where it comes from
Oatis is a form of Oates. Oates has more than one origin: as an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, it comes from Norman; as an Irish and Manx surname, it goes back to a word meaning “oats”.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oatis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 46 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1941. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,246 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oatis’s family of names
In English usage, Oatis as a surname has a related form in OATES.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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