The baby name Odell is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced oh-DEL (IPA: /oʊˈdɛl/).
Odell is English in Origin.
The baby name Odell is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced oh-DEL (IPA: /oʊˈdɛl/).
Odell is English in Origin.
Odell (oh-DEL) is an English surname turned given name taken from the Bedfordshire place-name Odell. The toponym likely derives from Old English wad "woad, a blue-dye plant" + hyll "hill," yielding "woad hill"; some scholars read it as the genitive of the personal name Oda + hyll, "Oda's hill." Either way, it points to an early Anglo-Saxon landscape or landholder.
As a given name, Odell surfaced in the 19th-century Anglophone world, especially in the United States, where it became a unisex choice but skewed male and peaked in the early 1900s. Modern visibility owes something to athlete Odell Beckham Jr., helping the name feel brisk and contemporary again. Variant spellings and related forms include Odel, Odelle (more often feminine), and the surname style O'Dell; short forms include Dell and Odie. The name's calm, rural associations and crisp two-syllable rhythm give it a vintage-modern charm.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #259 | 14 | 6,876 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #302 | 5 | 2,588 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #504 | 2 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #520 | 4 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #544 | 4 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #607 | 11 | 11,648 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #871 | 22 | 7,044 |
| United States | Girls | 2017 | #914 | 5 | 9,202 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,178 | 5 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Odell is popular in 28 countries — most recent births per country:
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