Lotte History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Lotte

What does the name Lotte mean?

The Lotte surname is derived from a medieval given name of uncertain origins.

Early Origins of the Lotte family

The surname Lotte was first found in Kent where the Pipe Rolls of 1162 include and entry for Alwin Loth. Over one hundred years later, William Lot was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 in Suffolk. The same rolls included: John Lotte in Norfolk; and Andrew, John Lote in Cambridgeshire. The same John Lotte was listed in the Feet of Fines for Essex in 1317. Richard and William atte Lote were listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1332 and the Subsidy Rolls for Surrey in 1332. "There is no evidence for the early use of the Biblical Lot in England, but the first form may be this in its French form Loth which was common in Brittany." 1

Another source claims the name is for someone who was a "dweller on the apportioned share of land, i.e., the allotted land" 2 and another claims that it is an Anglo-Saxon name for "lote" meaning "crafty" or perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon "hlot", "a caster of lots, a fortune-teller." 3

Returning back to the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, we found: Richard filius Lote, Cambridgeshire; Robert Lote, Cambridgeshire; Walter Lotte, Cambridgeshire; William Lot, Suffolk; and John Lotte, Norfolk. 4

Early History of the Lotte family

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Lotte Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lot, Lott, Loth, Lots and others.

Early Notables of the Lotte family

Thomas Lote (fl. 1363), an English politician and brewer, Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Chippenham in 1363. Thomas Lote (fl. 1380-1390), of Chippenham, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for...
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Lotte Ranking

France, the name Lotte is the 2,911^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 5

Lotte migration to the United States +

Lotte Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Lotte, who settled in Virginia sometime between 1663 and 1679

Contemporary Notables of the name Lotte (post 1700) +

Lotte Vandendriessche (b. 1997), Belgian volleyball player
Lotte Motz (1922-1997), born Lotte Edlis, an Austrian-born, American scholar who specialized in the field of Germanic mythology and folklore
Lotte Ingrisch (1930-2022), née Charlotte Gruber, an Austrian author and playwright
Lotte Sandberg (1956-2021), Norwegian art historian and journalist
Lotte Anker (b. 1958), Danish saxophone player
Lotte Jacobi, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1980 6
Lotte H Eisner (1896-1983), German writer
Lotte Lehmann, American soprano, German-born, known for her performances in operas by Richard Strauss

Sources +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2017, April 12) Lotte Jacobi. Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html