[ANSTHRLD] German surname sources

[Maridonna]

Mike Wyvill wrote:
> I am trying to find the family name 'OTTE' for a client. I

Word in square brackets [ ] is my addition.

Bahlow, Hans.  Deutsches Nameslexikon. Edda Gentry translation. 
Friends of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, 
Inc.,1993, ISBN 0924119357.  S.n. Otte, Upper German.  Ott, 
Ottel,[etc.], are popular forms of the Old German emperor name 
Otto (Low German Odo, Ode) made famous by Otto the Great (10th 
century); made popular in the eastern part of Germany by the 
Apostle of Pomerania, Bishop Otto of Bamberg.  Cf. also Otto of 
Wittelsbach in Bavaria.  First regained currency as a f.n. 
through the romantic movement (like Hugo, Kuno, etc.), then also 
through Bismark.  Further details in Bahlow VN (1965), Also 
Brechenmacher,  Der Familienname Otto:Ott (Stuttgart 1940). 
Ottler is an UGer. patr. from Ottl (Jekl Otler, Iglau 1367). 
LGer.  patrs. are Oden(s), Otten(s), Ottsen, Otzen.

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Andrea / Maridonna
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