Släkthistoria för Otty
Otty Vad efternamn betyder
pronunciation of Auty with shortening of the vowel. Redmonds notes Daniel Awty alias Otty (1686) in Dewsbury and York. Also compare Richd Auty 1706 Ellen Otty 1734 in IGI (Snaith WR Yorks). Oat(e)y may represent a spelling of the modern pronunciation /əutɪ/ of Outy and Oty which are Middle English variants of Auty or a spelling of the modern pronunciation of Auty i.e. /ɔ:tɪ/.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
