Ottokar

Ottokar (also Otokar ) is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from the Germanic Old High German and is made up of ot ('possession, wealth', as in Odo / Otto , Otfried ) and a not very clear second syllable. The latter can also be found in Gundaker . Both names seem to be native to the south-east of the language area.

An ancient spelling is Odowakar , in Old High German glosses Otacher , in the Hildebrandslied in the form Otachre . An early Latin form is then Odo (v) acer or Odovacrius .

Name bearer

Odoacer (probably 433–493), King of Italy
Ottokar I. Přemysl (around 1155–1230), King of Bohemia
Ottokar II Přemysl (around 1232–1278), King of Bohemia
Ottokar I (Styria) († 1074), Margrave
Ottokar II (Styria) († 1122), margrave
Ottokar III. (Styria) († 1164), Margrave
Ottokar IV. (Styria) (1163–1192), margrave, later Duke of Styria
Ottokar from the Gaal (* around 1265 - around 1320), Styrian historian and poet

First name:

Otokar Březina (1868–1929), Czech poet
Ottokar von Chiari (1853–1918), Austrian laryngologist
Ottokar Czernin (1872–1932), leading diplomat of Austria-Hungary
Ottokar Dörffel (1818–1906), German-Brazilian lawyer, mayor, editor and publisher
Ottokar Franz Ebersberg (1833–1886), Viennese theater poet and journalist
Otokar Fischer (1883–1938), Czech translator, literary scholar and dramaturge
Ottokar Israel (1919–2004), German historian, archivist and genealogist
Ottokar Kernstock (1848–1928), Austrian poet, priest and Augustinian canon
Ottokar Lorenz (historian) (1832–1904), Austro-German historian and genealogist
Ottokar Luban (* 1937), German historian and secretary of the international Rosa Luxemburg Society
Ottokar Runze (1925-2018), German actor, director, film producer and voice actor
Ottokar Schupp (1834–1911), Protestant pastor and folk writer
Ottokar Uhl (1931–2011), Austrian architect and university professor
Ottokar Wüst (1925–2011), German football functionary

Fictional people:

King Ottokar's luck and end , tragedy by Franz Grillparzer
Ottokar Domma, figure from GDR youth literature and alter ego by Otto Häuser

Individual evidence

↑ A historical work can be found in: Jacob Spiegel (Secretary of K. Maximilian I.): Etymologische Deduction des Namen Ottokar , K III, p. 308. Indicated as No. 240 in: Joseph Chmel: Der Österreichische Geschichtsforscher , Volume 1, Verlag F. Beck, 1838, p. 377 ( Google eBook, full view )
^ Moritz Schönfeld: Dictionary of the old Germanic names of persons and peoples . Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1911. pp. 174ff .; Hermann Reichert: Lexicon of the old Germanic names . Böhlau, Vienna 1987. P. 999ff.
↑ See e.g. B. Das Hildebrandlied, in: Haug, Walther ; Vollmann, Benedikt Konrad : Early German and Latin literature in Germany. 800-1150, Frankfurt / Main 1991, pp. 9-15, here p. 10 (v. 18 and 25).
↑ AE 1967, 00007

[1] A historical work can be found in: Jacob Spiegel (Secretary of K. Maximilian I.): Etymologische Deduction des Namen Ottokar , K III, p. 308. Indicated as No. 240 in: Joseph Chmel: Der Österreichische Geschichtsforscher , Volume 1, Verlag F. Beck, 1838, p. 377 ( Google eBook, full view )

[2] Moritz Schönfeld: Dictionary of the old Germanic names of persons and peoples . Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1911. pp. 174ff .; Hermann Reichert: Lexicon of the old Germanic names . Böhlau, Vienna 1987. P. 999ff.

[3] See e.g. B. Das Hildebrandlied, in: Haug, Walther ; Vollmann, Benedikt Konrad : Early German and Latin literature in Germany. 800-1150, Frankfurt / Main 1991, pp. 9-15, here p. 10 (v. 18 and 25).

[4] AE 1967, 00007