Odette

What Odette means

French, meaning “riches”

Diminutive of a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element od-, ot- "riches," from Proto-Germanic *audaz.

Source: Wiktionary, “Odette” (revision 86502575), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Odette?

US: Rising: up from #2169 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1865 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 303 girls got the name (#881 that year). First in the US records in 1894.

How common

• About 1 in 5,305 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,332 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.47 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.45 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Odette is #881 in the US and #872 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Odette were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aidette8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Odette

Girls

• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Noelle#202Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #202 vs #705 in 2025
• Juliette#110Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #227 in 2015, #110 in 2025
• Colette#316Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #316 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Bo#449Swedish, from Old Norse Búi, meaning “dweller, long-time resident”^*
• Noel#478French, meaning “birthday of the Lord”^*
• Julien#709Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #709 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Marcel#730Editor’s note Up from #771 in 2015 to #730 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Odette’s. Rank is US 2025.