# Otis (given name)

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.

## 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 Brayboy (born 1970), American storyboard artist and animator
* 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, Australian rock musician 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)
* Otis Spann (1930–1970), American pianist
* Otis Taylor (musician) (born 1948), American musician
* Otis Taylor (American football) (1942–2023), American football player
* Otis Tufts (1804–1869), American inventor
* Otis Williams (born 1941), American singer, a founding member of The Temptations
* Otis Young (1932–2001), American actor

## Fictional characters

* Otis the Aardvark, a puppet/presenter on Children's BBC
* Otis Blake, fictional character in Scott Cooper's 2009 film Crazy Heart
* Otis Campbell, fictional 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 (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
* Otis, in the film The Adventures of Milo and Otis
* Main character in the film Otis
* Otis, in the film Good Burger
* Brian "Otis" Zvonecek, in the television series Chicago Fire

## Animals

* Otis, a grizzly bear who lived in Katmai National Park and Preserve