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Ottmar - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ottmar

[ syll. ot-tmar, ott-m-ar ] The boy name Ottmar is pronounced as AAT-M-R KEY. Ottmar is mainly used in German and it is of Germanic origin. Two-element name derived from the elements 'uod' which means wealth, fortune ; 'meri' which means great, famous. An original form of the name is Audomar (Germanic). The name was borne by Saint Othmar (689-759), the first abbot of the Abbey of St Gall, a Benedictine monastery in Switzerland. Forms of Ottmar include the German spelling variant Othmar and the Czech and German spelling variant Otmar. See also the related form, the Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian Otto.

Ottmar is a seldom used baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Ottmar include the German Othmar, the Czech and German Otmar, the Armenian and Slavic Admir, the German Ottomar, and the Spanish Adhemar.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Ottmar: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"


 
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