The first name Ottilie
A girl’s name from German.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Ottilie.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 782 girls were named Ottilie, making it the 55th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Ottilie with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Ottilie at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 57 girls born in the United States were named Ottilie, the 2,951st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2024, when 80 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Ottilie
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Ottilie AssingFeminist, freethinker, abolitionist (1819–1884)
- Ottilie Metzger-LattermannGerman operatic contralto (1878–1943)
More German girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Ottilie mean?
- Borrowed from German Ottilie.
- What is the origin of the name Ottilie?
- Borrowed from German Ottilie.
- How popular is the name Ottilie?
- In 2025, 782 girls born in England and Wales were named Ottilie, ranking 55th.
- Is Ottilie a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,093 US babies named Ottilie since 1880 were girls.
- When was Ottilie most popular?
- 2024 in the United States, when 80 babies were named Ottilie, its highest rank at 2,323rd.