Otton
Germanic in origin, carrying the sense of wealth and prosperity. Fewer than 200 men in Poland use it today, few enough that most Poles have never met one, and boys almost never receive it now.
Otton Pronunciation
Otton is pronounced OT-ton (/ˈɔttɔn/).
What Otton means
Where Otton comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Otton comes from the Germanic name-stock built on the root ot, an old word for wealth and possession. In Polish it means bogaty, zamożny, someone rich and well-provided. The meaning is plain. It sat inside the name long before the name reached Poland.
Medieval Poland met Otton through the German emperors, whose Latin chronicles supplied the Polish form. Otton III came to Gniezno in the year 1000 and met Bolesław Chrobry. From then the spelling Otton held its place in Polish records, kept distinct from the German Otto.
Today the name is rare. A boy named Otton on a class register stands a little apart from the Kacpers and Szymons around him. The old root still means what it meant: wealth.
When Otton celebrates name day
Otton appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 1 July.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Otton
1 in 139518 men in Poland is named Otton. 153 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2625 among male names.
Otton's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Otton as a middle name
Otton is a first name for 153 men in Poland and a middle name for another 213, a 42/58 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 470th, between Axel (214) and Isaac (212).
-
#468 Dario219
-
#469 Axel214
-
#470 Otton213
-
#471 Isaac212
-
#472 Andrés210