Odil
Fewer than 40 Polish men carry it, and no boys got it last year: most Poles will never meet an Odil. The name is Germanic, meaning wealth and prosperity.
Odil Pronunciation
Odil is pronounced O-deel (/ˈɔdil/).
What Odil means
Where Odil comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Odil grows from the old Germanic element *aud-, which meant wealth, fortune, prosperity. The same root sits inside Otto and inside the French Odile. To Germanic ears the name promised riches. The root meant plenty.
There is a second line in this name. Across Central Asia, and in Uzbek homes especially, Odil is read as the Arabic Adil, meaning just or fair. One spelling, two ancestries. The Germanic sense of fortune and the Arabic sense of justice sit side by side, and neither cancels the other.
A real bearer anchors the older stream. Saint Odilia of Alsace, born late in the seventh century, became patron of that region and of people who cannot see. Her name and Odil share the wealth-root *aud-. On a Polish class register today, Odil would stand out, short and firm. The meaning underneath stays plain: fortune, and a full store.
How many people are named Odil
1 in 547338 men in Poland is named Odil. 39 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6262 among male names.