Given name
Ottilia
Ottilia is a variant of Otthild. One German interpretation is “one who is prosperous in battle; the fortunate heroine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ottilia is a variant of Otthild. One German interpretation is “one who is prosperous in battle; the fortunate heroine.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ottilia is a variant of Otthild. An origin associated with Otthild is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ottilia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 597
- 0 boys · 597 girls
- Most popular year
- 1891
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,232 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,232 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1891. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 161 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ottilia’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Ottilia has a conventional equivalent in the French form Odile. Ottilia has a related form in Otthild.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ottilia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.