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, American football player
- Otis Birdsong, American former National Basketball Association player, member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame
- Otis R. Bowen, American politician
- Otis Chandler, American newspaper publisher
- Otis Clay, American R&B and soul singer
- Otis Davis, American sprinter and world 400 m record holder
- Otis Dudley Duncan, American sociologist
- Otis Dozovic, American professional wrestler
- Otis Gibson, American missionary in China
- Otis F. Glenn, American politician
- Otis Grant, Canadian boxer
- Otis Grant (American football), American football player
- Otis Hicks, American blues musician known as Lightnin' Slim
- Otis Jackson Jr., American music producer and rapper
- Otis King, British inventor
- Otis Nixon, American baseball player
- Otis Pavlovic, Australian rock musician of Royel Otis
- Otis Polelonema, Hopi painter, illustrator, weaver, song composer and educator
- Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter
- Otis Reese IV, American football player
- Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Otis A. Singletary, American historian and university administrator
- Otis Sistrunk, American National Football League player and professional wrestler
- Otis Skinner, American actor
- Otis Smith (disambiguation)
- Otis Spann, American pianist
- Otis Taylor (musician), American musician
- Otis Taylor (American football), American football player
- Otis Tufts, American inventor
- Otis Williams, American singer, a founding member of The Temptations
- Otis Young, 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, nicknamed after the elevator manufacturing company.
Animals
- Otis, a grizzly bear who lived in Katmai National Park and Preserve