Odd (name)

Odd, a name of Old Norse origin (Oddr), the 11th most common male name in Norway. It is rarely used in other countries, though sometimes appearing in other Nordic countries. In old Norse the word means sharp end of an arrow or edge of blade.

Oddur is an Icelandic and Faroese form of the name.

As a curiosity, note that also Even is a common male name in Norway.

Notable people named Odd

• Odd Aalen, statistician
• Odd Børre, singer
• Odd Bull, UN official
• Odd Iversen, footballer
• Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, World War II military officer and concentration camp survivor
• Odd Nerdrum, painter
• Odd Roger Enoksen, politician
• Odd Strand, civil servant
• Odd Winger journalist, novelist and children's writer
• Odd With, politician
• Odd Øyen, Norwegian resistance member and anaesthetist
• Odd Della Robbia, a character in the French annimated television series Code Lyoko