Odelina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Odelina

What is the meaning of the name Odelina ?

The baby name Odelina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced English: oh-duh-LEE-nuh (/oʊdəˈliːnə); Spanish: oh-deh-LEE-nah (/o̞deˈlina/).

Odelina is Germanic in Origin.

Odelina is a medieval feminine diminutive, built with the suffix -ina on the Germanic name stock Odil-/Odel-, from Proto-Germanic aud “wealth, prosperity” (also linked with uodal “heritage, ancestral estate”). It stands alongside Odilia/Odelia and Odile, and is cognate - through the same root - with Otto and Odo. The form reached medieval Latin and Old French via Frankish and was recorded in Britain through Norman influence.

The name appears sporadically in 12th–14th-century French and Anglo-Norman records, then waned, with occasional 19th-century antiquarian revivals. Variants and relatives include Odeline, Odelia, Odilia, and Odile; medieval spellings such as Odelina and Odelyna also occur. Usable short forms are Lina, Delia, Della, and Ode. The core sense conveyed is “wealth; prosperous heritage.” Note that this is distinct from the modern Hebrew Odelia (“I will praise God”), with which it is sometimes conflated, and from Adelina, based on adal “noble.”

⚙ Odelina is about as rare as a name gets. We count just 18 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 9 countries.