Given name
Odhran
“refers to a pale-green color”
Odhran is used as a given name. One interpretation is “refers to a pale-green color.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “refers to a pale-green color.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Odhran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,366 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,366 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Odhran’s family of names
Odhran has a related form in Odhrann. Odhran has a related form in Odran. Odhran has a related form in Odrann.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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