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Odée f Flemish (Rare)Comes from "ode", which means « song » in greek. Today this name has disappeared from France and remains very rare in flemish. The name is better known as a surname or
Odéa.
Odelgilde f FrankishFrom Old High German
uodal,
uodil meaning "heritage, homestead" and Proto-Germanic *
geldą meaning "reward, gift, money".
Odelrad m Medieval GermanDerived from Old High German
uodal "heritage, homestead" combined with
rāt "counsel, advice".
Odera m & f NigerianNigerian name meaning "fate, fortune, destiny".
Oderisius m Late RomanMeaning uncertain. This was the name of a Benedictine abbot of Monte Cassino who is venerated as a saint; Abbot Oderisius I (not to be confused with his relative Abbot Oderisius II), born at Marsi, Italy, acted as mediator between the Crusaders and the Greek emperor
Alexicus.
Odet m French (Archaic)French diminutive of
Odo (see
Otto), as
-et is a French masculine diminutive suffix. In other words: this name is the masculine equivalent of
Odette.... [
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Odeya f HebrewDerived from a Hebrew phrase meaning "I will thank God", which is said to consist of Hebrew
ode "I will thank, praise" (compare the Hebrew name
Odelia 2) combined with Hebrew
ya,
yah "Yahweh"... [
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Odgerel f & m MongolianMeans "starlight" in Mongolian, from од
(od) meaning "star" and гэрэл
(gerel) meaning "light".
Odie m & f EnglishDiminutive of names such as Otis, Odell, Odessa, and Oda.
Odinakachukwu m & f IgboMeans "it's in the hand of God" in Igbo, from
o "it's",
di "in",
na "the",
aka "hand" (compare
Akachi) and
Chukwu "God".
Odkhüü m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian од
(od) meaning "star" and хуу
(khüü) meaning "boy, son" or "dear, beloved".
Odmaa f MongolianMeans "star woman" in Mongolian, from од
(od) meaning "star" and the feminine suffix маа
(maa).
Odolan m PolishDerived from Polish
(p)odołać "to cope; to be capable".
Odomir m GermanicVariant spelling of
Odomar. But with this spelling it is also possible that the second element is derived from Slavic
mir "peace."
Odon m & f MongolianMeans "starlit, stellar" or "medal, order" in Mongolian, ultimately from од
(od) meaning "star".
Odonchimeg f MongolianMeans "star decoration" in Mongolian, from од
(od) meaning "star" and чимэг
(chimeg) meaning "ornament, decoration".
Odsar f & m MongolianMeans "star and moon" in Mongolian, from од
(od) meaning "star" and сар
(sar) meaning "moon".
Odu m & f YorubaA name from the Yoruba language of Nigeria, possibly meaning "womb" but more likely meaning "mystery", in particular to refer to the sacred mystery of God. ... [
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Oduduwa m Yoruba MythologyOduduwa, Olofin Adimula, Emperor and First Suzerain of the Yoruba, was the Oba of Ile-Ife. His name is generally ascribed to the ancestral dynasty of Yorubaland due to the fact that he is held by the Yoruba to have been the ancestor of their numerous crowned kings... [
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Oduola m YorubaThe name belongs to an (oracle priest), Ifa the oracle has brought big wealth.
Oduor m LuoMeans "born in the middle of the night" in Luo.
Odysseas m GreekModern Greek form of
Odysseus (see also
Odyssefs). Known bearers of this name include Odysseas Androutsos (a hero of the Greek War of Independence) and Odysseas Elytis (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979).
Odzuki f Japanese小 means “little” in Japanese while 月 means “moon”, so this name literally means “Little Moon”
Oein m IrishIn terms of etymology it is though to be derived from the Shelta words for “Seer”, as a phonetical interpretation of the Gaelic/ Irish word
Ogham.... [
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Oele m & f West Frisian (Rare)West Frisian short form of Germanic given names that contain the element
od (or
aud) meaning "wealth, fortune, property" or the element
odal meaning "heritage, fatherland".
Oella f American, EnglishIt is the name of a small historic mill town in Maryland founded in 1808 that inspired generations of women's name in one family.
Oenanthe f Ancient Greek (Latinized)Latinized form of
Oinanthe. A known bearer of this name was the Egyptian Greek noblewoman Oenanthe of Egypt (3rd century BC), who was a prominent member of the Ptolemaic court.
Oene m West FrisianWest Frisian variant form of
One. This given name is not be confused with Dutch
oen, which is a slang term for a dumb and foolish person.
Oeneus m Greek MythologyIn Greek mythology he was a Calydonian king. He sent his son, the hero
Meleager, out to find heroes to kill the Calydonian Boar, which was ravaging Calydon because Oeneus had forgotten to honor
Artemis at the harvest ceremonies... [
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Oenus m HistoryOenus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was preceded by
Cap and succeeded by
Sisillius III... [
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Oenwen f WelshDerived from Welsh
oen "lamb" and
gwen "fair; white; blessed".
Oeroe f Greek MythologyProbably derived from Greek ῥοή
(rhoe) meaning "river, stream, flow". This was another name for the nymph
Plataia, in honour of a stream by the same name.
Oesho m Near Eastern MythologyOf uncertain etymology. Name borne by a Kushan deity associated with wind and high places, primarily worshipped between the 2nd and 6th centuries CE. Oesho is associated today with the Hindu god
Shiva, and the Zoroastrian deity Vayu-Vata.
Ofania f & m PolynesianOfania is a name derived from the Polynesian Coral Island, called Niue Island. The name means affectinate or loveable.
Ofbradh m Old NorseEither from Old Norse
ofbradh "too intense", "too hasty", or
ofráð "too great a task, too high an aspiration".
Ofeibea f AfricanThe name Ofeibea is borne by the journalist Ofeibea Quist-Arcton from Ghana.
Offa m Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon MythologyOld English name of uncertain meaning; possibly derived from the Germanic stem *
ub‑ meaning "malevolent, unfriendly" (compare Old Norse
Ubbi), or possibly a diminutive of names such as
Osfrith or of names containing the Old English element
wulf "wolf"... [
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Offe m West Frisian, East FrisianFrisian short form of names that have
od for a first element, and of which the second element starts with an "f." The name
Otfried is a good example of that.
Offred f Literature, Popular CultureThe main protagonist in 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood. Her name is derived from the phrase
of Fred because she belongs to man named Fred. The puns to the words
offered (as a sacrifice) and
off-red (because of her red dress) are intended.
Ofiyatbibi f UzbekDerived from
ofiyat meaning "health" and
bibi meaning "learned woman".
Ofonime m & f EfikMeans "it's good to be patient" in Efik.