Ottis

Where Ottis comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ottis.

Ottis through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1903
    Peak, #451
    21 babies named Ottis, its best rank.
  3. 1947
    Ottis Toole born
    American serial killer
  4. 1957
    Ottis Anderson born
    American football player
  5. 1979
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,068.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Ottis Toole · American serial killer, 1947–1996
  • Ottis Anderson · American football player, born 1957
  • Ottis Gibson · West Indian cricketer, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.