Ottola, absolutely rare, is from the Piacenza area, Ottolia, very rare, it seems to be specific to the Alessandria area bordering the Genoese, Ottolina, very rare, is typical of the Milan area and north of Milan, Ottolini is widespread in the area that includes the Varese, Milan, Bergamo, Brescia and Verona, should derive from a modification of the Franco Longobard name Otolinus, derived from the Germanic Oddo, Oddonis, of which we have an example in the Diplomatic Code of medieval Lombardy, in 1163 in a written act in Brescia: "... Ego Otolinus qui dicitur Bocacius de Barbarano notarius antenticum ...".
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