English Explanatory Dictionary

Oates

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.

Pronunciation

/əʊts/ /oʊts/

Word forms

Oates Oatis

Etymology

* As an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Old Norman Ode, Odes, from the Germanic name Audo, shortened from compound names containing the element *aud (“wealth”). See also Ott. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Cuirc or Mac Cuirc and mistakenly associated with coirce (“oats”). See Quirk.

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