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Meaning & Origins
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a patronymic derived from the genitive case of the medieval given name Ote or Ode (of Norman, and ultimately Germanic, origin; compare Odette). In northern England the medieval given name survived into the 19th century. It came to be used as a given name in America in honour of the Revolutionary hero James Otis (1725–83); in modern times it has been bestowed in honour of the American soul singer Otis Redding (1941–67).
| 1,014th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coileáin and Mac Coileáin (see Cullen 1).
| 52nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Otisha, Otisa, Otise, Otishia, Otissa, Otisi, Otisia, Otiscia, Otiss, Ottis
Collier, Colley, Collazo, Collett, Collette, Collado, Collard, Collum, Collings, Collis
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