Given name
Odetta
“a wealthy woman; one who is prosperous”
Odetta is used as a given name. One French interpretation is “a wealthy woman; one who is prosperous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a wealthy woman; one who is prosperous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Odetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 628
- 0 boys · 628 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 22 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 girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 391 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Odetta’s family of names
In English usage, Odetta has a related form in Odette. Odetta has a related form in Odette. Odetta has a related form in Odete.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Odetta
Characters named Odetta: Susannah Dean (Stephen King's "The Dark Tower").
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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