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Othelia

Latin roots

Language context for this entry: Norwegian Bokmål

feminineLatin script

/uˈteː.li.a/ · Norwegian Bokmål

Origin: Latin
1 language context: Norwegian Bokmål
Follow the evidence: 2 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Othelia

Othelia is a feminine given name documented in Norwegian Bokmål. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Otilia.

Latin origin

Source-reported

One of several Norwegian spellings of a female given name going back to Latin Otilia, originally Odilia, a Latinised form of Old High German Odila and Otila, pet forms of names such as Oda. The Old High German names are formed from the Germanic name element reflected in *audaz (“wealth, riches”), with a pet-name or diminutive ending. The spelling with th is historical and does not represent a separate /θ/ sound in Norwegian. Compare Danish Othelia, Swedish Othelia, German Ottilie and English Ottilie (“female given name”).

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: OtheliaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Othelia is used

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countries in our sources

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1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1952: 6 girls (rank 4908).

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Othelia

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1952: 6; applications; Rank #4,908
Peak year: 1917; 19 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Othelia in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	7	1,299	observed
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	5	1,679	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	5	1,792	observed
1904	5	1,877	observed
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	5	2,101	observed
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	5	2,463	observed
1912	8	2,144	observed
1913	9	2,164	observed
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	12	2,384	observed
1916	12	2,498	observed
1917	19	1,847	observed
1918	19	1,963	observed
1919	14	2,384	observed
1920	14	2,463	observed
1921	9	3,400	observed
1922	14	2,479	observed
1923	15	2,366	observed
1924	12	2,809	observed
1925	13	2,617	observed
1926	9	3,269	observed
1927	9	3,284	observed
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	9	3,137	observed
1930	7	3,658	observed
1931	5	4,331	observed
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	8	3,109	observed
1934	8	3,159	observed
1935	11	2,575	observed
1936	6	3,701	observed
1937	6	3,800	observed
1938	7	3,450	observed
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	9	2,963	observed
1941	6	3,954	observed
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	5	4,691	observed
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	7	4,235	observed
1950	6	4,738	observed
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	6	4,908	observed
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Othelia” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Othelia with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms2

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)CC0-1.0 · rev. ssa-2025 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: OtheliaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Othelia

Othelia is a feminine given name documented in Norwegian Bokmål. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Otilia.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: OtheliaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Othelia is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Othelia’s connections around the world.

1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1952: 6 girls (rank 4908).

Explore United States

2 of 2 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Othelia

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1952: 6; applications; Rank #4,908
Peak year: 1917; 19 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Othelia in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	7	1,299	observed
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	5	1,679	observed
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	5	1,792	observed
1904	5	1,877	observed
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	5	2,101	observed
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	5	2,463	observed
1912	8	2,144	observed
1913	9	2,164	observed
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	12	2,384	observed
1916	12	2,498	observed
1917	19	1,847	observed
1918	19	1,963	observed
1919	14	2,384	observed
1920	14	2,463	observed
1921	9	3,400	observed
1922	14	2,479	observed
1923	15	2,366	observed
1924	12	2,809	observed
1925	13	2,617	observed
1926	9	3,269	observed
1927	9	3,284	observed
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	9	3,137	observed
1930	7	3,658	observed
1931	5	4,331	observed
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	8	3,109	observed
1934	8	3,159	observed
1935	11	2,575	observed
1936	6	3,701	observed
1937	6	3,800	observed
1938	7	3,450	observed
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	9	2,963	observed
1941	6	3,954	observed
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	5	4,691	observed
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	7	4,235	observed
1950	6	4,738	observed
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	6	4,908	observed
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms2

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)CC0-1.0 · rev. ssa-2025 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: OtheliaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Othelia

Latin origin

Where Othelia is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Othelia

Latin origin

Where Othelia is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page