Odd
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English
Proper noun
Odd
- A male given name.
- Minced form of God.
- Odd's pittikins, Odd's blood, Odd's hounds, Odd's dickens, Od's fish, Od's heft
Anagrams
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Oddr. Used in Norway since the Middle Ages.
Proper noun
Odd
- a male given name
Related terms
- male given names: Oddbjørn, Oddmund, Oddvar
- female given names: Oddbjørg, Oddlaug, Oddny, Oddrun, Oddveig
Descendants
Transliterations:
- Japanese: オッド (Oddo)
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- 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.