Oates - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Oates \o(a)-tes\ is a variant of Otis (Old German, Old English), and the meaning of Oates is "wealth; son of Otto".

The baby name Oates sounds like Yates, Otys, Ottis, Otess and Watts. Other similar baby names are Oakes, Mats, Mateus, Oaks and Pats.

Oates is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#3598 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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