Otis (name)
Otis is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Otis is an English family name and a male given name derived from it. Both first names and surnames occur predominantly in the USA.
Name bearer
First name
- Otis Barton (1899–1992), American diver and inventor
- Otis Blackwell (1931–2002), American composer
- Otis Bardwell Boise (1844-1912), American composer
- Otis R. Bowen (1918–2013), American politician
- Otis Charles (1926–2013), American clergyman, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah
- Otis Clay (1942-2016), American singer
- Otis Davis (born 1932), American athlete
- Otis Finch (1933–1982), American drummer
- Otis Harris (* 1982), American athlete
- Otis Jackson Jr. (* 1973), American DJ, producer and rapper
- Otis Nachbar (* 1954), German soccer player
- Otis Redding (1941–1967), American musician
- Otis Rush (1935-2018), American guitarist
- Otis Spann (1930–1970), American pianist and singer
- Otis Taylor (born 1948), American musician
- Otis Thorpe (born 1962), American basketball player
- Otis Williams (born 1941), American singer (tenor, baritone)
family name
- Bass Otis (1784–1861), American artist and painter
- Brooks Otis (1908–1977), American classical philologist
- Carré Otis (* 1968), American model and actress
- Clyde Otis (1924-2008), American songwriter and producer
- Elisha Graves Otis (1811–1861), American mechanic
- Elwell Stephen Otis (1838–1909), American major general, military governor of the Philippines
- George Otis (1917–2007), American missionary
- Glenn K. Otis (1929-2013), American general
- Harrison Gray Otis (politician) (1765–1848), American politician (Massachusetts)
- Harrison Gray Otis (Publisher) (1837-1917), American publisher and editor
- James Otis Sr. (1702–1778), American attorney
- James Otis Jr. (1725–1783), American lawyer and politician (Massachusetts)
- James Otis (Politician, 1826) (1826–1875), American politician, Mayor of San Francisco
- James Otis , writer name of James Otis Kaler (1848–1912), American journalist and writer
- James Otis (actor) (born 1943), American actor
- James C. Otis (1912-1993), American judge
- Jeff Otis (born 1983), American football player
- Jim Otis ( James Lloyd Otis ; born 1948), American football player
- John Otis (1801-1856), American politician (Maine)
- John G. Otis (1838-1916), American politician (Kansas)
- Johnny Otis (1921–2012), American band leader and music producer
- Laini Otis (* 1978), German author of contemporary romance and young adult novels
- Laura Otis , American neuroscientist and literary scholar
- Norton P. Otis (1840–1905), American politician (New York)
- Samuel Allyne Otis (1740-1814), American politician (Massachusetts)
- Shuggie Otis (born 1953), American musician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otis on behindthename.com (Engl.)