Given name

Oddur

Oddur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

Original Old NorseOddr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Oddur comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Oddr.

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Oddur’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Oddur continues an earlier form in Oddr.

Walk Oddur’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Oddur, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Þórður

“Thor” · “peace”

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>99% boys

Germanic

Össur

Össur is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Þóroddur

“Thor” · “ord, point”

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Onundur

Onundur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Oddfinnur

Oddfinnur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Ögmundur

Ögmundur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Ólavur

Ólavur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Þorvaldur

“Thor” · “rule”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Oddur’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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