as a Last Name
- 33,745
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Odell
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. habitational name from a place in Bedfordshire, also called Woodhill, from Old English wād ‘woad’ (a plant collected for the blue dye that could be obtained from it) + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Waddell. 2. (O’Dell) of the same origin as 1, but altered by folk etymology as if of Irish origin.
| 1,039th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 33,745
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Odell per capita
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