Otmar
A Germanic name meaning "famous for wealth". Only about 40 men in Poland carry it, all of them, so most Poles will never meet an Otmar.
Otmar Pronunciation
Otmar is pronounced OT-mahr (/ˈɔtmar/).
What Otmar means
Where Otmar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Otmar comes from the Germanic Audamar. The first part, aud, meant wealth or fortune. The second, mari, meant famous. Together they give the short meaning that still travels with the name: famous for wealth.
The most documented bearer is Saint Otmar of Saint Gall, born around 689. He founded the abbey of Saint Gall in what is now Switzerland and led it as its first abbot until his death in 759. The Catholic calendar keeps his feast on 16 November, and that day serves as Otmar's name day.
Read a Polish class register and Otmar sits among the older Germanic imports. The wealth it names was never only coin. In the old naming logic, fame and fortune belonged together, and the name ties them in one word.
It stays short. A hard start, a clean finish. The meaning holds: famous for wealth.
When Otmar celebrates name day
Otmar appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 9 September.
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 Otmar
1 in 508243 men in Poland is named Otmar. 42 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5956 among male names.
Otmar as a middle name
Otmar is a first name for 42 men in Poland and a middle name for another 23, a 65/35 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1817th, between Nour (23) and Patrycjan (23).
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#1815 Nnamdi23
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#1816 Nour23
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#1817 Otmar23
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#1818 Patrycjan23
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#1819 Ramzi23