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Odd
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odd ODD ödd o'dd
English
Etymology
English surname, from the en enm - name en Ode, either from en xno Ode (see en Oates) or from en ang Odda, en non Oddr, or a conflation of all. Compare en Oddy.
Proper noun
en male.
Minced form of en God.
Odd's pittikins, Odd's blood, Odd's hounds, Odd's dickens, Od's fish, Od's heft
en Middle English.
Anagrams
en ddo DDO DOD DoD dod
Norwegian
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Etymology
From no non Oddr. Used in Norway since the Middle Ages.
Proper noun
no male
Related terms
male given names: no Oddbjørn, no Oddmund, no Oddvar
female given names: no Oddbjørg, no Oddlaug, no Oddny, no Oddrun, no Oddveig
Descendants
Transliterations:
ja オッド Oddo Jpan
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 372 males with the given name Odd living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.