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Throughout the world, أودا (Oda , أودا) is a common mostly female, but seldom male first name. The first name أودا is characteristic of Ethiopia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Norway, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Ethiopia, India, and Nigeria. Likewise, أودا is the last name as well as the forename.
أودا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Oda-Delphine Mandelbrot , character in Bitte nicht öffnen - Bissig! and Oda Mae Brown , the musical character in the musical Ghost the Musical by Glen Ballard,David A. Stewart.