Oates

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UK/əʊts/US/oʊts/

proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Oatis

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

Origin

* 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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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Oates

coatsoatsproats
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Sounds the same

oats

Anagrams

Atesotoesatoase
Cite this entry
APA

Oates. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oates

MLA

“Oates.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oates. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oates,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oates.

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