Given name & surname
Ody
“a sweet melody”·“one who is wealthy”
Ody 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
Ody 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
Ody is a variant of Odell. Odell has been associated with Greek and German naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ody through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 12 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 7 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 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 as a first name in 2020; 227 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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