Odessa

Where Odessa comes from

Uncertain; possibly from the placename, with usage influenced by the name Odysseus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Odessa
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #449 among girls — 14 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1909
    Peak, #278
    168 babies named Odessa — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1961
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,204.
  4. 1998
    Odessa Young born
    Australian actress
  5. 2000
    Odessa A'zion born
    American actress and voice actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Odessa A'zion · American actress and voice actress, born 2000
  • Odessa Young · Australian actress, born 1998
  • Odessa Rae · Canadian film producer, born 1982
  • Odessa Cleveland · American actress, born 1944
  • Odessa Grady Clay · mother of boxer Muhammad Ali, 1917–1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.