The baby name Odel is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced OH-del (IPA: /ˈoʊdəl/).
Odel is English in Origin.
The baby name Odel is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced OH-del (IPA: /ˈoʊdəl/).
Odel is English in Origin.
Odel is a unisex given name with multiple roots. In English it most often represents a streamlined spelling of the surname Odell, taken from the Bedfordshire place name and derived from Old English wad 'woad (indigo plant)' + hyll 'hill', hence "woad hill." As a given name, Odell/Odel surfaced in the 19th to 20th centuries in Britain and North America via the surname-to-first-name trend.
A second pathway draws on the Germanic element odal/othil "ancestral property, heritage," familiar from the Norwegian legal term odel (allodial right) and from medieval names like Odile/Odilia. In Ashkenazic Jewish tradition, Odel (also Udel) appears as a female Yiddish name, sometimes associated with German Adel "nobility" or treated as independent. Related forms include Odell, O'Dell, Odal, Odile, Odilia, Odelia, and Udel. Meanings cluster around "woad hill" in English or "heritage/inheritance" in the broader Germanic stream.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| PS | 0 | #225 | 2 | 5,692 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #251 | 22 | 6,876 |
| IL | 0 | #263 | 12 | 6,291 | |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #402 | 7 | 11,440 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #403 | 3 | 3,185 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| MX | 0 | #444 | 2 | 8,339 | |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #462 | 62 | 10,981 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #499 | 1 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #503 | 3 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #505 | 6 | 10,188 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #516 | 102 | 11,648 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #620 | 3 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #622 | 4 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #696 | 5 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| SY | 0 | #764 | 4 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2016 | #890 | 8 | 7,365 |
| United States | Girls | 2013 | #916 | 5 | 9,616 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #924 | 3 | 14,506 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #977 | 5 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,028 | 6 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,068 | 5 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,151 | 2 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,177 | 6 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,230 | 7 | 25,928 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,233 | 2 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,262 | 6 | 17,781 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,600 | 15 | 28,008 |
Odel is popular in 38 countries — most recent births per country:
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