Given name & surname
Otway
“one who is fortunate in battle”
Otway is a variant of Ottway. One interpretation is “one who is fortunate in battle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Otway is a variant of Ottway. One interpretation is “one who is fortunate in battle.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Otway through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 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 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 263 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.
Otway’s family of names
Otway has a related form in Ottway. In English usage, Otway as a surname has an alternative spelling in OATWAY.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Otway
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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