Otama
Otama is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Jewel.
What Otama means
Jewel.
Otama sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Otama comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Otama is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Otama?
Otama is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Otama is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Otama
The thread we file Otama under is Gem — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Gem
Names like Otama
These share Otama's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Anju — Pearl.
- Anzu — Pearl.
- Satou Tamao — Pearl, thong.
- Kohaku — Amber.
- Greta — Pearl.
- Jade — The green gemstone of the side.
- Margaret — Pearl.
- Margot — Pearl.
- Opal — Precious jewel; gem.
- Opaline — Like the opal gem.
- Pearl — A precious pearl.
- Ruby — The deep-red gemstone.