Otto

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Pronounced： [ AW-to (German), AH-to (English), OT-to (Finnish) ]
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Usage：German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic

Meaning & History：

Later German form of Audo or Odo, originally a short form of various names beginning with the Germanic element aud meaning "wealth, fortune". This was the name of four kings of Germany, starting in the 10th century with Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor, who was known as Otto the Great. This name was also borne by a 19th-century king of Greece who was originally from Bavaria. Another notable bearer was the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898).

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Audo, Odilo, Odo, Otto

DANISH: Otto

DUTCH: Otto

ENGLISH: Otto

FINNISH: Otto

FRENCH: Odilon

GERMAN: Otto, Udo

HUNGARIAN: Ottó

ICELANDIC: Ottó

ITALIAN: Oddo, Ottone

MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Ode

MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Eudes

NORWEGIAN: Otto

PORTUGUESE: Odilon

SWEDISH: Otto

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ITALIAN: Ottorino, Rino

FEMININE FORMS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Auda, Oda, Odila, Odilia

ENGLISH: Odelia, Odetta, Ottoline

FRENCH: Odette, Odile

GERMAN: Oda, Odilie, Ottilie, Ute

LITHUANIAN: Odeta

POLISH: Otylia

SPANISH: Odalis, Odalys

SWEDISH: Ottilia

OTHER FORMS

ENGLISH: Otis