Given name
Otha
“the little rich child”
Otha is used as a given name. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “the little rich child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “the little rich child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Otha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,789
- 6,386 boys · 1,403 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 180 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 82% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 140 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,232 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Otha’s family of names
Otha has a related form in Othea. Otha has a related form in Othia. Otha has a related form in Othilea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Othileighvariant
- Othileavariant
- Otheavariant
- Othiavariant
- Othileevariant
- Othileyvariant
- Othilyvariant
- Othillevariant
Show 1 moreShow fewer
People named Otha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Otha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Orval
“having the strength of a spear”
>99% boys
Eldred
“an old, wise advisor”
93% boys · 7% girls
Hobart
“having a shining intellect”
>99% boys
Elmo
“a protector” · “an amiable man”
98% boys · 2% girls
Morton
“from the town near the moor”
>99% boys
Ellsworth
“from the nobleman's estate”
>99% boys
Elmore
“from the moor of the elm trees”
>99% boys
Olin
“filled with happiness”
>99% boys