Odile
A Germanic name carried into use through French, from a root meaning "wealth, fortune". In Poland it barely registers: only ten women hold it, and most people here will never meet one.
Odile Pronunciation
Odile is pronounced o-DEE-le (/ɔˈdilɛ/).
What Odile means
Where Odile comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Odile grows from a Germanic root, the element od or uod, which meant wealth and inherited fortune. The same element sits inside the name Otto, whose old form Audo also pointed to riches. French speakers softened the consonants, and Odile is the form they still use.
Its most documented bearer is Saint Odile of Alsace, born around 660. The legend holds she arrived in the world blind and gained her sight at baptism. She became patron saint of Alsace and of people who cannot see. Her feast falls on 14 December.
The meaning stayed close to its origin. Wealth here means more than coins. It points to good fortune and to a portion set aside for a child. In Polish that sense lands as bogactwo.
A Polish teacher reading a class register might slow at the French spelling. The root is Frankish, the sense is wealth, and the form is Odile.
How many people are named Odile
1 in 2254383 women in Poland is named Odile. 10 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #16442 among female names.
Odile as a middle name
Odile is a first name for 10 women in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 40/60 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1934th, between Norma (15) and Pramod (15).
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#1932 Nathalia15
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#1933 Norma15
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#1934 Odile15
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#1935 Pramod15
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#1936 Princessa15