Lottie

Girl · Germanic, through French and English

Lottie

Say it: LOT-ee

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Meaning

English pet form of Charlotte, from Germanic karl 'man, free man'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Free

Common in the 19th century and popular again in Britain.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1890s

In the United States

0123418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1883per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 46,614 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1894, about 1 in 373 girls
  • 136 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

EnglishAmerican

The family of the name

Other spellings: Lotty

GermanLotte

Famous bearers

  • Lottie Dod, tennis champion
  • Lottie Moon, Baptist missionary

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Where this comes from

  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • National birth statistics of European countries source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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