Given name & surname
Odie
“a sweet melody”·“one who is wealthy”
Odie is a variant of Odell. Interpretations include “a sweet melody” and “one who is wealthy”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Odie is a variant of Odell. Interpretations include “a sweet melody” and “one who is wealthy”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Odie is a diminutive of Odysseus. An origin associated with Odysseus is Greek. In English use, Odie is a diminutive of Odette. Odette has been associated with Old French and Germanic naming traditions. Odie is a variant of Odell. Odell has been associated with Greek and German naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Odie is a diminutive of Otis. In English usage, Odie is a diminutive of Odell.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Odie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,212
- 2,623 boys · 1,589 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 109 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,547 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +44%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,547 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 44.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 930 as a first name in 2020; 275 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.
Odie’s family of names
In English usage, Odie is a diminutive of Otis. Odie has a related form in Odell. In English usage, Odie is a diminutive of Odell.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Odinfull form · English
- Otisfull form · English
- Odettefull form · English
- Odysseusfull form · English
- Odellfull form · English
- Oddielikely variant
- Odelefull form · English
- Odunayofull form · English
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Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Odie
- Odie CleghornCanadian ice hockey player (1891–1956)
- Odie PayneAmerican Chicago blues drummer (1926-1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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