Given name & surname · also Germanic
Otmar
“treasure”·“famous”
Otmar is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in German, Czech, and Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Otmar is built from elements meaning “treasure” and “famous”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Audamār, built from Proto-West Germanic *aud (“treasure”) + *mār (“famous”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
The name’s historical associations include an 8th-century saint.
Otmar’s family of names
Otmar has an affectionate form in Otli. In German usage, Otmar shares a linguistic root with the French form Omer. In German usage, Otmar has a related form in OTTMAR.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Otmar has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ottomarvariant · German
- Othmarvariant · German, French
- Ottmarvariant · German
- Aotmarvariant · Old High German
- Otomarvariant · Czech
- Ottomarrvariant
- Otomarrvariant
- Othmarrvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Otmar
- Otmar HaslerPrime Minister of Liechtensteinborn 1953
- Otmar SzafnauerAmerican businessmanborn 1964
- Otmar SuitnerAustrian conductor (1922-2010)
- Otmar Freiherr von VerschuerGerman military physician, geneticist and biochemist (1896-1969)
- Otmar StriedingerAustrian alpine skierborn 1991
- Otmar IssingGerman economistborn 1936
- Otmar MáchaCzech theatre director and composer (1922–2006)
- Otmar EmmingerGerman economist, head of Deutsche Bundesbank (1911-1986)
- Otmar GutmannGerman television producer (1937–1993)
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