Around the world, אודום (Odum 
, Odom , אודום 
) is quite a common epicene forename. The first name אודום is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Ghana, where it is a rare male name, and the United States, where it is a very rare predominantly masculine, but very seldom female name. More prevalently, אודום is the last name as well as the forename.