Othello

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Gender Masculine
Usage Literature
Pronounced Pron. /oʊ.ˈθɛl.oʊ/(English)

Meaning & History

Perhaps a diminutive of Otho. William Shakespeare used this name in his tragedy Othello (1603), where it belongs to a Moor who is manipulated by Iago into killing his wife Desdemona.