as a Last Name
- 11,789
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Cotter
Meaning & Origins
Irish (co. Cork): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Oitir ‘son of Oitir’, a personal name borrowed from Old Norse Óttarr, composed of the elements ótti ‘fear’, ‘dread’ + herr ‘army’.
| 2,627th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,789
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Cotter per capita
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