Ottmar - Meaning of Ottmar

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[ syll. ot-tmar, ott-m-ar ] The baby boy name Ottmar is pronounced as AAT-M-R †. Ottmar is mainly used in German and it is of Germanic origin. A two-element name, it is derived from the elements 'uod' which means wealth, fortune ; 'meri' 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.

The names Otman, Otomar, Otomars, Ottmer, and Ottomar are variant forms of Ottmar.

Other forms of the name 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.

See also the related categories, wealth (abundance), benedictine, and german.

Ottmar is a seldom used baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, among the group of boy names directly related to Ottmar, Otto was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Ottmar include Othmar, Otmar, Ottmer, Admir, Ottomar, Ademar, Ademaro, Adhémar, Adimar, and Audomaro.

† approx English pronunciation for Ottmar: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"