Odette

Odette: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “wealth”
Origin: French
Say it: oh-DET · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

French diminutive of Oda or Ode, from a Germanic element meaning 'wealth' or 'fortune.' Odette is well known from the ballet Swan Lake.

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How popular is Odette?

202458.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Odette in 2024193

2024 rank#1,217 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,933

Odette is rising: use over the last five years is 4.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Odette

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Charlottefree man · French
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Eloisehealthy; wide · French
Claireclear, bright · French
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Madelineof Magdala · French
Carolinefree woman · French
Allisonnoble kind · French

Odette questions

What does the name Odette mean?

Odette means "wealth". It comes from French. French diminutive of Oda or Ode, from a Germanic element meaning 'wealth' or 'fortune.' Odette is well known from the ballet Swan Lake.

Is Odette a boy or girl name?

Odette is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Odette?

193 US babies were named Odette in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Odette?

Odette is usually pronounced oh-DET.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.