Othmar, also spelled Otmar or Ottmar, is a masculine German given name, derived from the Germanic name Audamar, from the elements aud "wealth, prosperity" and mar "fame".

Notable people with the name include:

• Saint Othmar, medieval monk and priest

• Othmar Ammann (1879–1965), Swiss-American structural engineer

• Otmar Emminger (1911–1986), German economist

• Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer (1896-1969), German-Dutch human biologist and geneticist

• Otmar Hasler (born 1953), Prime Minister of Lichtenstein (2001–2009)

• Ottmar Hörl, German conceptual artist, sculptor, installation, action, photography, and object artist

• Ottmar Hitzfeld (born 1949), German football player and manager

• Otmar Issing (born 1936), German economist

• Othmar Karas (born 1957), Austrian politician

• Ottmar Liebert (born 1959), German guitarist, songwriter and producer

• Ottmar Luscinius (1487–1537), German humanist

• Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899), German-American inventor

• Othmar Muller von Blumencorn, Swiss sailor

• Othmar Reiser (1861–1936), Austrian ornithologist

• Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957), Swiss composer

• Othmar Spann (1878–1950), Austrian philosopher

• Otmar Szafnauer (born 1964), American businessman

• Othmar Zeidler (1850–1911), Austrian chemist

Fictional characters

• King Ottmar in the Legacy of Kain series

• Miss Othmar, the unseen teacher with a voice that is the sound of teaching from Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts

See also

• Ottomar

• Omar (name)

• Otto

• Ademar

• Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal, published Volcks-Sagen (1800) under the name Otmar

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