Given name · also Germanic
Ottokar
“a spirited warrior”
Ottokar is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “a spirited warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a spirited warrior.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
The story
The name’s historical associations include the Gothic king Odoacar.
Ottokar’s family of names
Ottokar shares a linguistic root with Otokar. Ottokar has a related form in Otocar. Ottokar has a related form in Otocars.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Otocarsvariant
- Ottocarsvariant
- Otocarvariant
- Ottocarvariant
- Otokarsvariant
- Ottokarsvariant
- Ottokarrvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ottokar
- Ottokar III of StyriaMarggrave of Styria1125–1164
- Ottokar I of StyriaMargrave of Styria1100–1075
- Ottokar WeiseOlympic sailor1850–2000
- Ottokar IV of StyriaMargrave of Styria from 1164 and Duke from 1180, when Styria, previously a margraviate subordinated to the stem duchy of Bavaria, was raised to the status of an independent duchy1163–1192
- Ottokar LorenzGerman historian 1832-1904
- Ottokar NováčekCzech composer and violist (1866-1900)
- Ottokar RunzeGerman film producer, director and screenwriter (1925–2018)
- Ottokar KernstockAustrian priest and author (1848–1928)
- Otokar FeistmantelCzech geologist and paleontologist (1848-1891)
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
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