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Lovely, especially for a fictional character. Though it is the name of two cities that I know of, in Texas and in Ukraine. Maybe those associations are a good thing.

I really like Odessa. It's more firm and grounded than the similar sounding Tessa and Odette.
I don't like Lark, it's too short and the k sound is too clippy and soon for my taste.
I don't like Evelina either - does it end in l-inna or l-eena or l-yna?

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One syllable middle names:
Odessa Mae
Odessa Fay
Odessa Joyce
Odessa Maeve
Odessa Maud
Odessa Pearl

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Names for sisters: Beatrix, Aphrodite, Rhiannon, Meredith, Judit, Calliope

How 'bout naming the sister Feodosiya? Or Abilene? All I can think of is the city in the Ukraine, and my only second thought is the city in Texas.

Odessa & Evelina go nice together. I really like Odessa Lark.

Ehhh, the ending of Odessa comes perilously close to the "issa" and "yssa" endings I despise. Yet the long O at the start seems to lift the name out of the "pwetty-pwetty" status I despise in names such as Melissa and Alyssa. In fact, Odessa seems heavy and not feather-light like "issa" and "yssa" names. Right now the most I could say is that if you held a gun to my head and told me I had to name my newborn daughter Melissa or Odessa, I'd go with Odessa.

This message was edited 2/17/2019, 11:37 AM

I like it. I think old-fashioned feminine O names are having a moment right now - Octavia and Ophelia have shot up in the charts.

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Evelina goes fine with it, but I don't like that as much.

Odessa is a very old-ladyish name. She'd have sisters named Elvira or Myrna or maybe Lurlene.
There's a very small town here in Delaware called Odessa, and a larger one in Texas of the same name.