Odon
Only about a dozen men in Poland carry it, and no boy has been given it in years: most Poles will never meet an Odon. The name is Germanic, built on a root meaning wealth or fortune.
Odon Pronunciation
Odon is pronounced O-don (/ˈɔdɔn/).
What Odon means
Where Odon comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Odon comes from a Germanic root, the element *auda, meaning wealth or fortune. The same element sits inside Otto and Otton, where the sense of inherited property is just as old. In Polish the short meaning settles on dziedzictwo and majątek, an inheritance you hold rather than coin you spend.
The name traveled with medieval power. Emperors and dukes of the Ludolfing line carried the form Odo across the German lands, and it reached Poland early. Odo of Cluny, the tenth-century abbot, is one documented bearer, a church reformer rather than a warlord.
Look at a school class register today and Odon is rare. It surfaces mostly at the imieniny, on 19 June or 18 November, when the calendar hands the name its day. The meaning stays plain: wealth, fortune, a legacy passed on.
When Odon celebrates name day
Odon appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 11 January.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Odon
1 in 1778849 men in Poland is named Odon. 12 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #14417 among male names.
Odon as a middle name
Odon is a first name for 12 men in Poland and a middle name for another 22, a 35/65 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1876th, between Odo (22) and Odyseusz (22).
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#1874 Noam22
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#1875 Odo22
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#1876 Odon22
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#1877 Odyseusz22
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#1878 Orestes22