Odd

Odd

See also: odd, ODD, ödd, and o'dd

English

Etymology

English surname, from the Middle English name Ode, either from Anglo-Norman Ode (see Oates) or from Old English Odda, Old Norse Oddr, or a conflation of all. Compare Oddy.

Proper noun

Odd

  1. A male given name.
  2. Minced form of God.
    Odd's pittikins, Odd's blood, Odd's hounds, Odd's dickens, Od's fish, Od's heft
  3. A surname from Middle English.

Anagrams

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Oddr. Used in Norway since the Middle Ages.

Proper noun

Odd

  1. a male given name

Descendants

Transliterations:

  • Japanese: オッド (Oddo)

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 372 males with the given name Odd living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.