Odaline as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Odaline

What is the meaning of the name Odaline ?

The baby name Odaline is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced oh-DAH-leen (IPA: /oʊdəˈliːn/).

Odaline is Germanic in Origin.

Odaline is a rare, French-tinged feminine form built on the Germanic root Od-/Aud-, meaning “wealth, fortune, inherited estate.” The ornamental suffix -line, common in French names, softens the older stem found in Oda, Odette, Odilia/Ottilie, yielding senses such as “little prosperous one” or “she of ancestral wealth.”

The name surfaces as variant spellings across time: Odaline, Odalina, Odelina, and Odeline, with modern adaptations like Odalene and Odalyn. Related cognates include Odette, Odelia, Odilia, and Ottoline. Medieval usage is attested for Oda and Odelina in Norman and English records, bolstered in later centuries by the cult of Saint Odilia; Odaline itself appears sporadically in 18th–19th‑century parish and literary sources before slipping into rarity. Contemporary interest follows the revival of vintage -line names, offering a distinctive alternative to Ottilie or Adeline while retaining the auspicious “wealth/heritage” meaning.

⚙ Odaline is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. Either way, it's a name very few children share.