Otho, Otis. Otto is a masculine German given name. 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).
Construction of the Fountain. Already in the fifteenth century a small Trevi Fountain was built here during the papacy of Nicholas V. In 1732, pope Clement XII commissioned Nicola Salvi to create a large fountain at the Trevi Square to replace the existing fountain.
Tourists keep up the tradition of tossing coins into the Trevi Fountain, even though it is now bone-dry due to repairs. Visitors are still gamely tossing coins into the basin in front of the fountain, despite the fact that it has been emptied of water and is bone-dry Photo: Getty.ollow. More than a quarter of a million tourists have trooped over a temporary bridge built in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome to peer close-up at the Â£2 million restoration of the Baroque masterpiece.