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