Otis (given name)

Otis is a male given name derived from an English surname, which was in turn derived from Ode, a variant form of Odo and Otto. The name also has origins in the Ars Goetia, it is a variation of the name Botis. Otis is also a male nickname from Otieno, with its roots in the Luo tribe in Kenya.

People

 * Otis Armstrong (1950–2021), American football player
 * Otis Birdsong (born 1955), American former National Basketball Association player, member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame
 * Otis R. Bowen (1918–2013), American politician
 * Otis Brayboy (born 1970), American storyboard artist and animator
 * Otis Chandler (1927–2006), American newspaper publisher
 * Otis Clay (1942–2016), American R&B and soul singer
 * Otis Davis (born 1932), American sprinter and world 400 m record holder
 * Otis Dudley Duncan (1921–2004), American sociologist
 * Otis Dozovic (born 1991), American professional wrestler
 * Otis Gibson (1826–1889), American missionary in China
 * Otis F. Glenn (1879–1959), American politician
 * Otis Grant (born 1967), Canadian boxer
 * Otis Grant (American football) (1961–2011), American football player
 * Otis Hicks (1913–1974), American blues musician known as Lightnin' Slim
 * Otis Jackson Jr. (born 1973), American music producer and rapper
 * Otis King (1876–1944), British inventor
 * Otis Nixon (born 1959), American baseball player
 * Otis Pavlovic, Australian rock musician of Royel Otis
 * Otis Polelonema (1902–1981), Hopi painter, illustrator, weaver, song composer and educator
 * Otis Redding (1941–1967), American singer and songwriter
 * Otis Reese IV (born 1998), American football player
 * Otis Rush (1934–2018), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
 * Otis A. Singletary (1921–2003), American historian and university administrator
 * Otis Sistrunk (born 1946), American National Football League player and professional wrestler
 * Otis Skinner (1858–1942), American actor
 * Otis Smith (disambiguation)
 * Otis Spann (1930–1970), American pianist
 * Otis Taylor (musician) (born 1948), American musician
 * Otis Taylor (American football) (1942–2023), American football player
 * Otis Tufts (1804–1869), American inventor
 * Otis Williams (born 1941), American singer, a founding member of The Temptations
 * Otis Young (1932–2001), American actor

Fictional characters

 * Otis the Aardvark, a puppet/presenter on Children's BBC
 * Otis Blake, fictional character in Scott Cooper's 2009 film Crazy Heart
 * Otis Campbell, fictional character in the television series The Andy Griffith Show
 * Otis the Cow, in Nickelodeon's 2006 film, Barnyard, and its TV spin-off series, Back at the Barnyard
 * Otis B. Driftwood, played by Groucho Marx in the 1935 film A Night at the Opera
 * Otis Flannegan or Ratcatcher, a DC Comics foe of Batman
 * Otis Graves, in the television series Supergirl
 * Otis Johnson (comics), a Marvel Comics character
 * Otis Johnson Jr., a Marvel Comics character
 * Otis Milburn, in the television series Sex Education
 * Otis Otis, a vampire in Heather Brewer's book series The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
 * Otis Owl, a good friend of Jerry Bear in the children's television series Pajanimals
 * Otis (DC Comics), a henchman of Lex Luthor in the films Superman and Superman II and related DC Comics media
 * Otis (The Walking Dead), in the Image Comics series
 * Otis, in the film The Adventures of Milo and Otis
 * Main character in the film Otis
 * Otis, in the film Good Burger
 * Otis Zvonecek, in the television series Chicago Fire