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Othello - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Othello

[ 3 syll. ot-hel-lo, oth-e-llo ] The boy name Othello is pronounced ahTHEHLow KEY. Othello has its origins in the Germanic language. It is used largely in the English and Italian languages. A variant form of Othello is the Italian Otello.

In addition, Othello is a pet form of the Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian Otto in the English and Italian languages.

Othello is irregularly used as a baby boy name. It is ranked outside of the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Othello include the Spanish Atilio, the Portuguese Atílio, the Hungarian Attila, the Italian Italo, the German Adal, the Arabic Adel, the Yoruban Adelaja, the Arabic Adil, the English and Hebrew Adlai, the English Adley, the name Adli, the English Athol, the English Atlee, the English Atli, the Italian Attilio, the Arabic Ayatollah, and the Welsh Idwal.

KEY: Pronunciation for Othello: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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