Oded
A Hebrew name carried by just 128 men in Poland, and given to no boys in years. At root it means "to restore," and most Poles have never met anyone who bears it.
Oded Pronunciation
Oded is pronounced O-det (/ˈɔdɛt/).
What Oded means
Where Oded comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Oded comes from Hebrew, built on the root ʿ-w-d, which carries the sense of restoring and turning something back toward its proper place. Its short meaning is set down as "to restore." Beside it in Polish stands the word zachęta, encouragement, and the two ideas sit close in the Hebrew, since to restore a person can also mean to raise them again.
Oded belongs to Jewish tradition and appears early in it. In the Second Book of Chronicles, chapter 28, a prophet named Oded meets the army of Israel coming back with captives taken from Judah. He tells them to send the prisoners home. The captives are restored. The name and the deed line up.
No common diminutives or cross-gender forms are recorded for Oded. It stands as itself. On a Polish class register the name would draw a second look, since it sits far closer to Hebrew than to local naming habit. The meaning kept beside it stays plain: to restore.
How many people are named Oded
1 in 166767 men in Poland is named Oded. 128 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2948 among male names.
Oded as a middle name
Oded is a first name for 128 men in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5664th, between Ochir (4) and Odinaka (4).
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#5662 Obaid4
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#5663 Ochir4
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#5664 Oded4
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#5665 Odinaka4
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#5666 Ofer4