Odysseus
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning one who hates or wrathful.
Odysseus by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Odysseus. In the US, 23 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Odysseus
Forms of Odysseus in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Odysseus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Odysseylong wandering journey; from Homer's epic14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Odysseus
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