Given name

Oddny

“a pointed woman”

Oddny is a variant of Oddnaug. One interpretation is “a pointed woman.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Oddny is a variant of Oddnaug. One interpretation is “a pointed woman.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Oddny comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Oddný.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Oddny’s family of names

Oddny has a related form in Oddnaug.

Walk Oddny’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Oddny

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Similar names

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Scandinavian

Idony

“one who has been reborn”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse

Hjörný

“young sword”

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Torný

Torný is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse

Borgný

Borgný is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse

Hróný

Hróný is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse

Ormsby

“village”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Owenby

“settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Öda

“wealth”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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