Given name & surname
Ottmar
Ottmar is a masculine given name from Old High German. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In German use, Ottmar is a variant of Otmar. An origin associated with Otmar is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Ottmar is a variant of Otmar. The history of Otmar gives this family its wider story. Otmar’s historical associations include an 8th-century saint.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ottmar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 13 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 7 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 7 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 279 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.
Ottmar’s family of names
In German usage, Ottmar shares a linguistic root with the French form Omer. In German usage, Ottmar has a related form in Otmar. In German usage, Ottmar has a related form in Otmar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ottmar
- Ottmar HitzfeldGerman football manager (born 1949)
- Ottmar WalterGerman footballer (1924-2013)
- Ottmar MergenthalerGerman-American precision mechanic and inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine (1854-1899)
- Ottmar LiebertGerman guitaristborn 1959
- Ottmar GersterGerman composer and conductor (1897–1969)
- Ottmar Elligerpainter from the Southern Netherlands (1633-1679)
- Ottmar HofmannGerman entomologist (1835-1900)
- Ottmar SchreinerGerman politician (1946-2013)
- Ottmar Elliger the Youngerpainter from Germany (1666-1732)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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