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Ottie
How to Pronounce Ottie
Pronounced OT-ee /ΛΙt.i/Medium
Meaning: Ottie is a homey diminutive of Otto or Otis, names from the Germanic element ot-/aud-, 'wealth, fortune, riches.' It was given as a stand-alone name in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the meaning follows Otto/Otis. Ottie was also used for girls, but here it is recorded as a boys' name.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Ottie is a diminutive of Otto or Otis, from the Germanic ot- ('wealth, fortune'). It appears in United States records from the 1880s with a small high around 1921, in the heyday of homey -ie names. It was never common - given to only about two dozen boys a year - and faded by the 1970s.
A boy named Ottie at its 1920s high would be a great-great-grandfather today; the name reads as warm, rural early-twentieth-century Americana. Two soft beats put it beside Orrie and Ollie. With Otto and Otis both fashionable again, Ottie's family is reviving, though this -ie spelling has not itself returned.
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What does the name Ottie mean?
It is a diminutive of Otto or Otis, from the Germanic ot-, 'wealth, fortune.'
How do you pronounce Ottie?
It's said OT-ee /ΛΙt.i/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Ottie a boy or girl name?
Ottie is used here as a boy's name.
How popular is Ottie?
It has always been rare, an early-twentieth-century name given to only about two dozen boys a year and long since faded.