as a Last Name
- 1,227
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Otter
Meaning & Origins
English, German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for an otter hunter, or nickname for someone supposedly resembling an otter, from Middle English, Middle High German oter, Middle Dutch otter, German Otter ‘otter’. The Jewish surname can be ornamental.
| 19,701st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,227
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kansas
- has the most people named Otter per capita
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