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.
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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 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 (c. 2020s), Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, best known as a member 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), multiple people
Otis Spann (1930–1970), American pianist
Otis Taylor (musician) (born 1948), American blues musician
Otis Taylor (American football) (1942–2023), American football player
Otis Tufts (1804–1869), American inventor
Otis Williams (born 1941), American singer, songwriter, record producer and a founding member of the Temptations
Otis Young (1932–2001), American actor and writer
Fictional characters
Otis the Aardvark, a puppet/presenter on Children's BBC
Otis Blake, character in Scott Cooper's 2009 film Crazy Heart
Otis Campbell, 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 Laury, a character from the video game Half-Life : Opposing Force
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
Animals
Otis, a grizzly bear who lived in Katmai National Park and Preserve