Odette

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Diminutive of Odile/Odo; Germ

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Odette is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 75K(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 19K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 25K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

4,420 people, 2020

Sources
282 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Diminutive of Odile/Odo; Germ. 'wealth'.

Sources 1

  • Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Odette counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Odette is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—4,4201 in 75K4.4KOdette282
BR Brazil—1,3061 in 162K1.6K—2
SE Sweden—3621 in 28K362Odette18
ES Spain—3371 in 148K337Odette26
CR Costa Rica—2051 in 25K205—1
FI Finland—1511 in 37K234—3
GY Guyana—391 in 19K39—2
JM Jamaica#353———Odette10

4,420 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Odette is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Chile, Brazil, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Odețťe

  • Polish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Ŏděțțě

  • Hebrew given name21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Mexico

    Languages: Hebrew, English, Spanish

    Also written עודד, Oded, Odet, โอเด็ต, โอเดต

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Odette is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • French feminine diminutive form of the Old French male name Oda, which is of Germanic origin (from a word meaning ‘prosperity’, ‘fortune’, or ‘riches’; see pOtto). Although the original boy’s name has dropped out of use, this feminine derivative has survived.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • French feminine pet form of the Germanic male name Oda. See main dictionary.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In French, Origine germanique, de la racine d’od- « richesse, fortune ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Diminutif féminin du groupe; germanique, sens lié à l’héritage.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Diminutif français d’Ode/Odo, d’origine germanique.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Odette Myrtil, b. 1898Odette Joyeux, b. 1914Lise Bourdin, b. 1925Claire Maurier, b. 1929Michèle Torr, b. 1947Anne Alvaro, b. 1951Christine Lagarde, b. 1956Émilie Dequenne, b. 1981Odette Yustman, b. 1985Odette Giuffrida, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 92 sources across 49 countries.

Official registers attesting Odette
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20204.4K#4,296
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—1.6K#6,888
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20221.3K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.3K#6,919
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—362#3,461
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—337#6,049
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—307#2,995
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025303—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—234#1,613
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—205#1,419
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—151—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2020122—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Odette come from?
Diminutive of Odile/Odo; Germ. 'wealth'. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
What are other forms of the name Odette?
In the etymology graph, Otilia, Ute and Odalis are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Odile.
Is Odette a male or female name?
Odette is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Odette mean?
Recorded meaning: Diminutive of Odile/Odo; Germ.
How common is the name Odette?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,420 people named Odette in 2020, about 1 in 75 thousand residents.
How common is Odette compared with other names?
In Jamaica, Odette is the 353rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
In which country does Odette have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 4.4 thousand people named Odette, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled odette.
Where is Odette most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Odette is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 19 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Odette” — the 353rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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