Ottilia

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ottilia, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Swan
• Tilda
• Matilda
• Lavinia
• Lake
• Olympia
• Liesel
• Euphemia
• Octavia
• German
• Odessa
• Linnea

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Ottilia is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ottiliae, Ottília, Ottiliä

• Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Romania, Switzerland

  Also written Ottília

• Italian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Switzerland

  Also written Ottília

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Ottília

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Ottilia is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, a female given name, equivalent to French Odile

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Odile of Alsaceb. 662FRnot in their usual nameChristian abbess and saint
• Caroline, Princess of Niddab. 1786not in their usual nameHungarian lady (1786–1862) morganatic wife of prince Georg of Hesse-Darmstadt
• Ottilia Littmarckb. 1834SESwedish actor and director
• Thecla Åhlanderb. 1855SEnot in their usual nameSwedish stage and film actress
• Ottilia Adelborgb. 1855SESwedish artist and writer (1855-1936)
• Selma Lagerlöfb. 1858SEnot in their usual nameSwedish writer (1858–1940)
• Augusta Laineb. 1867FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician
• Eeva Kauppib. 1921FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician
• Ottilia Soltb. 1944HUsociologist, politician (1944-1997)
• Ottilia Borbáthb. 1946ROHungarian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Ottilia?

In the etymology graph, Odette, Ute and Odile are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Ottilia have the most bearers?

In Sweden, the national register counted about 3.4 thousand people named Ottilia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ottilia.

Where is Ottilia most common?

Ottilia is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.0 thousand people carrying it.

What does the name Ottilia mean?

Recorded meaning: Ottilia (m.fl. former) är en latiniserad form av fornhögtyskans Odila, Otila, en form av Oda, som i sin tur ursprungligen är en smekform till namn på Od- (motsvarande fornvästnordiskt auðr) ’egendom;…

How do you pronounce Ottilia?

A machine transcription gives /uttiljɐ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.

Is Ottilia a male or female name?

Ottilia is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Finland (DVV), Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

How common is the name Ottilia?

In Sweden, the national register counted 3,443 people named Ottilia, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.