Oates

Oates

English

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əʊts/
  • (US) IPA(key): /oʊts/
  • Homophone: oats
  • Rhymes: -əʊts

Proper noun

Oates

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

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