Otelie

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Otelia, Othelia, Othelie, Othilia, Othilie, Otilia, Otilie

Etymology

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.

Compare Danish Otelie, Swedish Otelie, German Ottilie and English Ottilie (“female given name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈteː.li.ə/; (alternative) /uˈteːl.jə/
• Rhymes: -eːliə, (alternative) -eːljə
• Homophone: Othelie
• Hyphenation: O‧te‧li‧e

Proper noun

Otelie

1. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Old High German, in turn from Proto-Germanic], equivalent to English Ottilie

Statistics

• According to Statistics Norway, 91 women in Norway had Otelie as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.

References

• “Otelie – kvinnenamn” in Store norske leksikon.