Otto
[ˈɒtoʊ]Meaning
later German form of Audo, a short form of names beginning with Old High German ot, "wealth, fortune"
Background Story
Otto is a masculine German given name and surname that originates as an Old High German short form, with the variants Audo, Odo and Udo, of compound names beginning in aud-, an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded from the 7th century, and its popularity in the United States during the 1880s and 1890s was tied to Otto von Bismarck and the German Empire, before declining after 1900 with rising anti-German sentiment. It is used in Czech, Estonian, French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Medieval English, Medieval French, Old Norse, Slovak and Sorbian.
Variations
Otho
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