Oddett as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Oddett

What is the meaning of the name Oddett ?

The baby name Oddett is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced oh‑DET (IPA: /oʊˈdɛt/).

Oddett is French in Origin.

Oddett is a rare modern respelling of the French name Odette, itself a feminine diminutive of Odet/Odo derived from the Old High German element aud/od meaning “wealth, fortune, prosperity.” Through medieval Frankish and Old French, the root also produced Odile and Odilia, giving Oddett the enduring sense of “prosperous one” or “little wealthy one.”

Usage traces back to medieval Europe where saints Oda and Odile were revered, and in French records via the masculine Odet (e.g., Cardinal Odet de Coligny). The name gained broad cultural recognition with Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, whose heroine is Odette, and renewed 20th‑century visibility through the singer Odetta. Oddett, with its doubled d and streamlined ending, appears in late‑20th and early‑21st‑century English‑language registries as a creative variant. Close variants and cognates include Odette, Odetta, Odile/Odilia, Oda, and Ottilie; masculine counterparts are Odo, Odet, and Otto.

⚙ Oddett barely registers. There are only 2 recorded uses on record, spread over 2 countries.