Odilah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Odilah

What is the meaning of the name Odilah ?

The baby name Odilah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced oh-DEE-lah (IPA: /oʊˈdiːlə/ or /oʊˈdɪlə/).

Odilah is Germanic in Origin.

Odilah is a modern feminine form from the Old High German Odilia/Odila, built on the Proto-Germanic aud/od element meaning "wealth, fortune." Through medieval Latin Odilia and French Odile, the name spread across Europe; German Ottilie and Iberian Otilia are cognates, while the masculine Odilo and Otto share the same root. The -ah ending marks a contemporary English embellishment while preserving the core sense of prosperity or inherited riches.

Usage traces to Saint Odilia of Alsace (c. 660-720), venerated in France and Germany as patroness of the blind, which sustained the name in Catholic regions and in French Odile. In parish records, Odilia/Odilie appears in the Low Countries and Bavaria, with a 19th-century vogue for Ottilie. Variants and diminutives include Odila, Odilia, Odile, Otilia, Ottilie, Odelia (also Hebrew with a distinct meaning), and nicknames Odi, Dila, and Tilly/Tillie. Odilah offers a vintage-rooted yet lyrical update.

⚙ Odilah 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. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.