Given name & surname
Othon
Othon is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Othon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 70 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 9 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 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 504 as a first name in 2020; 425 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.
Othon’s family of names
In French usage, Othon has a conventional equivalent in the German form Otto. In French usage, Othon has a related form in Odon. In French usage, Othon has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Ota.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Othon has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
6 related names in 7 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 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Othon
- Othon de la RocheDuke of Athens1200
- Othon BastosBrazilian actorborn 1933
- OthonBrazilian football player and coach (1944–2024)
- Otto de GrandsonItalian knight (1238-1328), lord of the English Channel Islands
- Othon de Ciconbaron of Karystos in medieval Greece1201–1263
- Othon RiemannFrench latinist (1853–1891)
- Othon MataragasGreek musicianborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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