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1-6 As a Linguist, one of the things I really enjoy pursuing is to study word fossils and the evolution of words. One of personal interest is to critically examine the etymology of a name I have carried for over 40 years now, as I’m writing this post, which is ‘Uthman’. Politicians and historians alike, unfortunately, still until today are not aware of the etymology of this name, perhaps for different reasons. As a professional linguist, my moral and ethical obligation is to dismantle such narratives for the sake of the ‘original’ and not fragmental truth as it stands. 
First, etymologically, the name <عثمان>, that is: Uthman ~ Othman or whatever spelling or pronunciation convention you may think of, all of which is derived from the triconsonantal ‘Semitic’ root ʕθm <عثم>.