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Also known as Otto (given name), Otto (first name)

Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants Audo, Odo, Udo) of Germanic names beginning in aud-, an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".

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Given name.name
Otto
Given name.image
Otto+von+bismarck.jpg
Given name.caption
Otto von Bismarck, one of the famous bearers of this name
Given name.gender
masculine
Given name.origin
German
Given name.related names
Otho, Otis

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Soundex
O300
Cologne phonetics
02
Caverphone
AT1111
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Otto (given name)
native label
Otto
transliteration or transcription
Отто
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Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants Audo, Odo, Udo) of Germanic names beginning in aud-, an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".

The name is recorded from the 7th century (Odo, son of Uro, courtier of Sigebert III). It was the name of three 10th-century German kings, the first of whom was Otto I the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Ottonian dynasty.

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