OTTE is just the middle of my maiden name, pOTTEr. Get it? I thought it was clever in the beginning, but it has actually been a handful trying to explain it and pronounce it for people! I have gotten some pretty hilarious tries at it, including: “ot-tay”, “ot-tee”, “oat”… and while I enjoy watching people try, its much simpler than that: otte – rhymes with “pot” … and “hot” … and “cot” … okay, done with nursery rhyming my name.