Given name & surname · also Egyptian
Ode
“traveler of the road”·“a lyric poem”
Ode is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “traveler of the road” and “a lyric poem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original GreekΌδε
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “traveler of the road” and “a lyric poem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Egyptian and Greek naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ode through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 531 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ode’s family of names
Ode has a related form in Ute. Ode has a related form in Odea. In German usage, Ode as a surname has a related form in Otto.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ode has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ode
- Ode AbdullahiNigerian footballerborn 2002
- Ode' OsbourneJamaican mixed martial arts (MMA) fighterborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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