Kotys or Cotys (name in Greek: Κότυς) is a name of ancient Persian origins and refers to the following:
- A Thracian goddess, see Paleo-Balkanic mythology
- Cotys I, King of Thrace, of Persian descent
- Cotys VI, King of Thrace
- Cotys VII, King of Thrace
- Cotys VIII, King of Thrace
- Cotys IX, son to Cotys VIII and Roman Client King of Lesser Armenia
- Tiberius Julius Cotys I (fl. 1st century), second grandson to Cotys VIII and King of the Bosporan Kingdom
- Tiberius Julius Cotys II (fl. 2nd century), King of the Bosporan Kingdom
- Tiberius Julius Cotys III (died 235), King of the Bosporan Kingdom