Given name
Ottar
“a warrior”
Ottar is used as a given name. One interpretation is “a warrior.”
Original Old NorseÓttarr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a warrior.”
Where it comes from
Ottar comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Old Norse Óttarr, from Proto-Germanic *Ōhtaharjaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ottar’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Ottar continues an earlier form in Óttarr.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ottar
- Ohthere of HålogalandNorwegian explorer900–901
- Ottar GjermundshaugNorwegian Nordic combined skier1925–1963
- Ottar DahlNorwegian historian (1924–2011)
- Ottar WicklundNorwegian actor (1911–1978)
- Ottar GrønvikNorwegian philologist and runologist (1916–2008)
- Ottar BroxNorwegian politician (1932–2024)
- Ottar LieNorwegian resistance member (1896–1943)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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