Given name
Otakar
“a wealthy man”
In Czech use, Otakar has a related form in Ota. One Czech interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Czech use, Otakar has a related form in Ota. One Czech interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Czech use, Otakar has a related form in Ota. An origin associated with Ota is Czech.
Explained through its name family
Otakar’s family of names
In Czech usage, Otakar has a diminutive in Otakárek. In Czech usage, Otakar has a related form in Ota. In Old High German usage, Otakar has a related form in Otacher.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Otakar
- Otakar VávraCzech film director, director, scriptwriter and university educator (1911–2011)
- Ottokar CzerninCzech diplomat and politician (1872–1932)
- Otakar ŠevčíkCzech violinist (1852–1934)
- Ottokar II of StyriaMargrave of Styria1050–1122
- Otakar VindyšCzech ice hockey player (1884-1949)
- Otakar NožířCzech footballer (1917-2006)
- Otakar MarečekCzechoslovak rower (1943-2020)
- Otakar JaneckýCzech Olympic ice hockey playerborn 1960
- Otakar LadaCzech fencer (1883–1956)
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