Odd
Meaning and origin
English surname, from the Middle English name Ode, either from Anglo-Norman Ode (see Oates) or from Old English Odda, Old Norse Oddr, or a conflation of all. Compare Oddy.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Odd (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Odd has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 19 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 777 |
| 2000 | 785 |
| 2001 | 779 |
| 2002 | 775 |
| 2003 | 767 |
| 2004 | 762 |
| 2005 | 752 |
| 2006 | 742 |
| 2007 | 742 |
| 2008 | 733 |
| 2009 | 725 |
| 2010 | 721 |
| 2011 | 716 |
| 2012 | 712 |
| 2013 | 732 |
| 2014 | 726 |
| 2015 | 726 |
| 2016 | 739 |
| 2017 | 735 |
| 2018 | 730 |
| 2019 | 732 |
| 2020 | 725 |
Odd in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Odd.Hi! My name is Odd.
- Odd har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Odd has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Odd kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Odd is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Odds mamma är lärare.Odd's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Odds mamma is Odd's mum.
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Questions about Odd
How do you pronounce Odd in Swedish?
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What does the name Odd mean?
English surname, from the Middle English name Ode, either from Anglo-Norman Ode (see Oates) or from Old English Odda, Old Norse Oddr, or a conflation of all. Compare Oddy.
How popular is Odd in Sweden?
9 babies were named Odd in 2022. In 2020, 725 people in Sweden had Odd as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.