Wotan
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- German
Wotan is a name traditionally given to a boy of German origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more German baby names or search the full library by meaning.
Quick Facts About Wotan
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German male names
61
5-letter W-names in our dictionary
404
W-male names total
Not in registry
US SSA records — name appears fewer than 5 times in any year
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