the meaning of the name otto is red.
the meaning of the name otto is red.
what is the meaning of the name otto?
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otto is a masculine german given name and a surname. it originates as an old high german









































short form (variants "audo", "odo", "udo") of germanic names beginning in "aud-", an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".









































the name is recorded from the 7th century (odo, son of uro, courtier of sigebert iii). it was the name of three 10th-century german kings, the first of whom was otto i the great, the first holy roman emperor, founder of the ottonian dynasty.
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knaths's surname is pronounced with a hard k. throughout his career as a professional artist knaths was known as karl knaths. his probable birth name was otto karl knaths. he gave that name while attending high school and when completing his world war ii draft registration. the name otto k. knaths appears in records for the 1930 and 1940 census of the united states. the records of the massachusetts census of 1905 and the u.s. census of 1910, as well as a news article of 1917 give his name as otto knaths. two other names appear in official records. he gave his name as otto george knaths when registering for military service in the first world war. and the massachusetts death index lists him as karl o. knaths. since otto by itself, otto k., and otto karl appear most frequently on official records and since his father's given name was otto, it is likely otto karl knaths was his birth name. he was still part of the household of his uncle george dietrich when he used the name otto george, which might account for that outlying usage.
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