Odell

Meaning and name origin

Odell \o-de-ll\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Odell), is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Odell is "woad hill". Woad is a blue dye supposedly used by the ancient Druids in their religious rites. Also possibly (Greek) "song" or (German) "rich".

Odell has 3 variant forms: Dell, Odall and Odie.

For more information, see also the related boy name O-.

Popularity

Odell is a somewhat popular first name for males (#694 out of 1220) and an even more popular surname or last name for all people (#1021 out of 88799) (2000 U.S. Census).

Displayed below is the baby name popularity of the name Odell for boys (2015 statistics).

Displayed below is a comparison of the popularity of the boy name Odell and its variant forms. Variation forms ranked in the Top 1000/100 are Dell, Odell and Odie. (2015 statistics).

Similar Names

Odell is also pronounced similarly to Adeel, Adel, Edel, Odile, Udall, Udel, Udell, Wadell and Yudell. Another suggested similar baby name is Odilo. These names tend to be less commonly used than Odell.

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