Odd, a name of

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

origin (''Oddr''), is the 11th most common male name in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It is rarely used in other countries, though it does occasionally appear in other Nordic countries. In Old Norse, the word means "sharp end of an arrow" or "edge of a blade". The Icelandic and Faroese form of the name is Oddur.

Notable people named Odd

* Odd Aalen, statistician * Odd Aukrust, economist *

Odd Bull Lieutenant General Odd Bull (28 June 1907 – 8 September 1991) was a career officer in the Royal Norwegian Air Force who rose to the position of Chief of Air Staff. He is probably best known outside Norway for his role as Chief of Staff of the Uni ...

, UN official *

Odd Børre Odd Børre Sørensen (9 August 1939 – 28 January 2023) was a Norwegian pop singer. Internationally, he is best known for the song "Stress (Odd Børre song), Stress" that he performed in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1968. He sang in the Kjell ...

, singer * Odd Børretzen, author, illustrator and translator * Odd Christian Eiking, cyclist * Odd Gleditsch, Sr., businessman * Odd Hassel, chemist and Nobel laureate * Odd Iversen, footballer * Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, World War II military officer and concentration camp survivor *

Odd Nansen Odd Nansen (6 December 1901 – 27 June 1973) was a Norway, Norwegian architect, writer, and humanitarian. He is credited with being a co-founder of UNICEF and for his humanitarian efforts on behalf of Jews in the early years of World War II. Bi ...

, architect *

Odd Nerdrum Odd Nerdrum (born 8 April 1944) is a Norwegian Figurative art, figurative painting, painter. A controversial figure in Norway, he is known for his anti-modernist stance. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work reference anecdote and narrative. Primar ...

, painter * Odd Nordstoga, musician * Odd Roger Enoksen, politician * Odd Sagør, politician * Odd Strand, civil servant * Odd Winger journalist, novelist and children's writer * Odd With, politician *

Odd Arne Westad Odd Arne Westad FBA (born 5 January 1960) is a Norwegian historian specializing in the Cold War and contemporary East Asian history. He is the Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University, where he teaches in the Yale History ...

, historian *

Odd Øyen Odd Toralf Øyen (8 September 1914 – 3 January 1997) was a Norwegian Norwegian resistance movement, resistance member and anaesthesiological physician. Early life and World War II He was born in Kristiania, Oslo as a son of Lieutenant Colonel ...

, Norwegian resistance member and anaesthetist

Fictional characters

Odd Della Robbia ''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...

, a main character in the French 2D/3D animated television series ''

Code Lyoko ''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...

'' and its live-action/CGI sequel '' Code Lyoko: Evolution'' * Odd Thomas, the main character in a series of novels by author Dean Koontz

Notable people named Odd

Fictional characters

See also