Odell
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning wooded hill.
Babies a year
47
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies
Odell by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Odell. In the US, 47 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 368 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Odell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Odell, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Odell
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