Odiljon
Fewer than 70 men in Poland carry it, so most people here will never cross paths with one. The name reads as "just, righteous soul," built around the idea of fairness.
Odiljon Pronunciation
Odiljon is pronounced o-DEEL-yon (/ɔˈdiljɔn/).
What Odiljon means
Where Odiljon comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Odiljon rests on Latin ground, and its meaning points to a just, righteous soul. Latin carried a family of words for fairness, among them iustus, meaning just. The name keeps that older idea of a person who does right by others.
A short name holds a plain claim.
Picture the name on a form at the urząd, printed in block capitals, a clerk checking the spelling. Odiljon states the same thing about the one who carries it: a leaning toward what is fair. No saint stands behind it, and no name-day marks it in the Polish calendar.
The righteousness here is moral first. It asks the bearer to weigh a case, to judge well, to hold a line. That reading grew from the Latin root for justice, and it holds to the name today. In plain Polish, Odiljon means szlachetny, sprawiedliwy: noble and just.
How many people are named Odiljon
1 in 309365 men in Poland is named Odiljon. 69 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4364 among male names.