Given name & surname
Oto
“a wealthy man”
Oto has a related form in Otto. One German interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Oto has a related form in Otto. One German interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Oto has a related form in Otto. An origin associated with Otto is German. In Czech use, Oto has a related form in Ota. An origin associated with Ota is Czech.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Ingrian usage, Oto developed from Евдокия.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Oto has a related form in Otto. The history of Otto gives this family its wider story. Otto has historical associations with German royal and princely families.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Oto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 5 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 154 as a first name in 2020; 321 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.
Oto’s family of names
In Czech usage, Oto has a diminutive in Otík. In Ingrian usage, Oto developed from the Russian form Евдокия. In Old High German usage, Oto has a related form in Otto.
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Around the world
Oto has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- OthonFrench
- Odoequivalent
- Udoequivalent
- Oddoequivalent
- Otonequivalent
- Ottóequivalent
- Όθωνequivalent
- Ōtohas masculine form
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People named Oto
- Ota ZarembaCzech weightlifter (1957–2026)
- Oto GrigalkaLatvian athletics competitor (1925-1993)
- Oto PestnerSlovenian singerborn 1956
- Oto HaščákCzechoslovak ice hockey playerborn 1964
- Oto Iskandar di NataIndonesian politician (1897–1945)
- Oto Bihalji-MerinYugoslav writer and art historian (1904–1993)
- Oto MádrCzech essayist, philosopher, publicist, religion writer, publicist, theologist, university educator and roman catholic priest1917–2011
- Oto LutharSlovenian historianborn 1959
- Oto MatickýCzechoslovak basketball playerborn 1963
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