Given name
Othmar
“treasure”
Othmar is a masculine given name from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Othmar goes back to Proto-Germanic *audaz, meaning “treasure.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Othmar is a variant of Otmar. An origin associated with Otmar is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old High German Audomar, from Proto-West Germanic *Audamār, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“treasure”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Othmar is a variant of Otmar. The history of Otmar gives this family its wider story. Otmar’s historical associations include an 8th-century saint.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Othmar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 188
- 188 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 19 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 10 in 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Othmar’s family of names
In German usage, Othmar shares a linguistic root with the French form Omer. Othmar has a related form in Otmar. In French usage, Othmar has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Otmar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Othmar has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Othmar
- Othmar SchneiderAustrian skier and sport shooter (1928–2012)
- Othmar AmmannSwiss-American structural engineer (1879-1965)
- Othmar KarasAustrian politician serving as First Vice-President of the European Parliamentborn 1957
- Othmar SchoeckSwiss composer (1886-1957)
- Othmar SpannAustrian philosopher (1878-1950)
- Othmar ReiserAustrian ornithologist (1861–1936)
- Othmar MágaGerman conductor (1929-2020)
- Othmar ZeidlerAustrian chemist (1859–1911)1850–1911
- Othmar ReichmuthSwiss politicianborn 1964
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