Odin

Where Odin comes from

Odin hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #848 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Odin Biron born
    American actor
  3. 2003
    Odin Thiago Holm born
    Norwegian association football player
  4. 2021
    Peak, #327
    1,009 babies named Odin — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Odin Thiago Holm · Norwegian association football player, born 2003
  • Odin Biron · American actor, born 1984
  • Odin Bailey · English association football player, born 1999
  • Odin Langen · American politician, 1913–1976
  • Odin By Farstad · Norwegian speed skater and short track speed skater, born 1997

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.