Odile as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Odile

What is the meaning of the name Odile ?

The baby name Odile is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French: /ɔ.dil/ (oh-DEEL); English: /oʊˈdiːl/ (oh-DEEL).

Odile is Germanic in Origin.

Odile is the French form of Odila/Odilia, a medieval Germanic name built on the element aud/od meaning “wealth, prosperity, ancestral heritage.” It spread through Frankish and Alsatian regions and appears in Latinized records as Odilia. Variants and cognates include Odila, Odilie (German/French), Odilia (English/Spanish liturgical use), Oda, Odette, and Ottilie; Odelia is sometimes treated as a variant but also exists independently in Hebrew with the meaning “I will praise God.”

Usage owes much to Saint Odile of Alsace (7th–8th century), patron of Alsace and of the blind, whose cult anchored the name in French-speaking Europe. The name enjoyed steady French popularity into the mid-20th century, while remaining uncommon in the Anglophone world. Cultural references include Odile, the Black Swan temptress in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and Odile in Jean-Luc Godard’s Bande à part, lending the name a chic, slightly enigmatic aura.