Given name
Odysseus
Odysseus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.
Original Ancient GreekὈδυσσεύς
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Odysseus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 526
- 526 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 44
- #2,870 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,870 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 339 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.
Odysseus’s family of names
In English usage, Odysseus has a diminutive in Odie. In English usage, Odysseus shares an earlier linguistic root with Ulysses. In English usage, Odysseus has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ulysse.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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