All around the world, Hodod (Hadad 
, Hodod ) is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom female first name. The forename Hodod is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly feminine name, Algeria, and Libya, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, Algeria, and Morocco. More frequently, Hodod is the last name as well as the forename.
Hodod is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hadad ben Bedad , the biblical character, Book of Genesis; Hadad the Edomite , the member of the royal house of Edom, who escaped the massacre under Joab and fled to Egypt, 1 Kings and Hadad , the son of Ishmael, Genesis 25.