Given name
Ottomar
“treasure”
Ottomar is a masculine given name from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ottomar goes back to Proto-Germanic *audaz, meaning “treasure.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In German use, Ottomar is a variant of Otmar. An origin associated with Otmar is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old High German Audomar, from Proto-West Germanic *Audamār, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“treasure”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Ottomar 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
Ottomar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 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 1918. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ottomar’s family of names
In German usage, Ottomar shares a linguistic root with the French form Omer. In German usage, Ottomar has a related form in Otmar. In German usage, Ottomar 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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ottomar
- Ottomar AnschützGerman photographer and inventor (1846–1907)
- Ottomar LadvaEstonian chess player and poker player (born 1997)
- Ottomar RosenbachGerman physician (1851–1907)
- Ottomar GeschkeGerman politician and locksmith (1882-1957)
- Ottomar SachseGerman boxer (1951–2023)
- Ottomar MeykowBaltic German legal scholar (1823-1894)
- Ottomar MaddisonEstonian mechanics researcher (1879–1959)
- Ottomar PintoBrazilian politician and general (1931-2007)
- Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince KretzulescoGerman socialite1940–2007
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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