Oda
A Germanic name meaning "wealth, fortune". It's rare enough that most Poles have never met one: the handful of girls given it all arrived in the 2020s.
Oda Pronunciation
Oda is pronounced O-dah (/ˈɔda/).
What Oda means
Where Oda comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Oda comes from Germanic soil, from the old root od or aud, meaning wealth and fortune. That same root sits inside Otto and Odo, so Oda stands among a wide family of names built on the idea of prosperity. The short meaning stays close to the origin here. Wealth, fortune, a good measure of what a person might inherit or hold.
The name traveled north and settled well in Scandinavia and in German lands. Medieval records carry several women called Oda, including Saint Oda, honored in parts of the Low Countries and the German church. So the name has a documented past, not only a dictionary meaning.
Oda is short. Two syllables, no diminutive, no variant softening it. On a Polish class register it would sit apart from the Annas and Zuzannas, plain and readable at a glance. The name asks for little and gives its meaning straight: wealth, fortune, the old Germanic od.
How many people are named Oda
1 in 867071 women in Poland is named Oda. 26 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8362 among female names.
Oda's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1767 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Oda as a middle name
Oda is a first name for 26 women in Poland and a middle name for another 12, a 68/32 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2194th, between Ocean (12) and Ok (12).
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#2192 Ni̇sa12
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#2193 Ocean12
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#2194 Oda12
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#2195 Ok12
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#2196 Olesia12