Odysseia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Odysseia

What is the meaning of the name Odysseia ?

The baby name Odysseia is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced oh-DISS-ee-ə (IPA: /ˌoʊdɪˈsiːə/); alternative oh-di-SAY-ə (IPA: /ˌoʊdɪˈseɪə/).

Odysseia is Greek in Origin.

Odysseia is the Greek feminine form drawn from Ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια, the title of Homer’s epic about Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς). The root is the verb ὀδύσσομαι (odyssomai), “to be wroth at, to hate,” which underlies the debated etymology of Odysseus; in modern use the name also carries the literary sense of an “odyssey,” a long, eventful journey, suggesting resilience, ingenuity, and homecoming.

Not attested as a personal name in antiquity, Odysseia appears sporadically in contemporary Greece and abroad as a rare literary given name; the masculine Odysseas is more common. Variant transliterations include Odyssia, Odyssea, Odysseya, and, by adaptation to Romance orthographies, Odisseia/Odissea; English Odyssey has occasional name use. Possible nicknames are Ody, Dessa, and Sia. Related forms and cognates: Odysseus (m.), Ulysses (Latinized m.).

⚙ Odysseia is extremely rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 3 recorded uses, across 2 countries.