Girl · Germanic, through French and German
Lotte
Say it: LOT-teh
Meaning
German and Dutch short form of Charlotte.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Goethe's Lotte in The Sorrows of Young Werther made it famous; it is well used in the Netherlands today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 61 babies given this name since 1920
- At its height in 1920, about 1 in 149,800 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lotta
| Swedish | Lotta |
|---|---|
| English | Lottie |
| German | Lotte |
Famous bearers
- Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.