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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Otran m. Old High German ōt, Old Saxon ōd 'wealth, riches' + Old Saxon hram 'raven'.

France
Latin
937x993 Otrannus (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 80, Ottranni (gen) ibid. no. 80; 942 Otranni (gen) ibid. 131, Otrannus (nom) ibid. 131; 952x997 Otranni (gen) ibid. no. 79, Otrannus (nom) ibid. no. 79; 957x991 Ottranno (abl) ibid. no. 81; 1101x1129 Otranno (abl) CartStPC XXXIII; 1107 Otranno (abl) ibid. XVII; 1147x1161 Otrannus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 38; 1147x1162 Otrannus (nom) ibid. 55; 1163–64 Otrannus (nom) ibid. 106; 1164 Otrannus (nom) ibid. 120
Old French
1296 Otran paris1296 p. 20
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Otran". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Otran.