Odo

Odo is an old German male first name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

From the Old High German ot ( = possessions, wealth), audha Germanic; Odo is the short form of Ot - with name beginning, about Otbert, Otfried, Otmar; means: rich inheritance

Name-day

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Odo Colonna (1368-1431), who later became Pope Martin V.
  • Odo Marquard (* 1928), German philosopher
  • Eudo of Aquitaine (also Odo, † 735 ), as dux ( duke ) or princeps ( prince) of Aquitaine
  • Odo of Bayeux (c. 1030-1097 ), bishop and half-brother of William the Conqueror
  • Odo of Cambrai († 1113 ), ecclesiastical scholar, abbot, and finally bishop of Cambrai; Seliger of the Catholic Church
  • Odo of Canterbury, ( Odo the Great ) (c. 880-959 ), Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint
  • Odo of Champlitte (franz: Eudes de Champlitte; * 1123, † after 1187 ) a feudal lord
  • Odo of Châtillon (also Odo of Lagery ) (c. 1035-1099 ), who later became Pope Urban II
  • Odo of Cluny (c. 878-942 ), Benedictine abbot at Cluny, Saint
  • Odo of Metz, an architect of Charlemagne
  • Odo of Montbéliard (also: Hugo, Heude, Eudes or Otto, * 1205, † by 1247 ), Bailli and constable of Jerusalem, as well as by marriage Prince of Galilee
  • Odo of Orléans ( * before 798, † 834 ), so it is widely believed identical to the older Count Udo in Lahngau
  • Odo of Paris (c. 865-898 ), west Frankish king ( 888-898 )
  • Odo of Urgell, († 1122) Spanish bishop and saint
  • Odo of Sully, Bishop of Paris 1196-1208
  • Odo Deodatus I. Tauern (1885-1926), a noted anthropologist and founding father of the family Tauern, a branch line of Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Odo J. Struger (1931-1998), Austrian- American engineer and inventor
  • Odo I ( Blois ) (* 950, † 995/996 ), Count of Blois, Tours, Chartres, Châteaudun, Beauvais and Dreux, Lord of Chinon and Saumur
  • Odo II ( Blois ) ( † 1037 ), Count of Blois, Châteaudun, Chartres, Reims, Tours and Beauvais, also Count of Sancerre and Count of Meaux and Troyes (Champagne)
  • Odo III. (Champagne) (French: Eudes, † 1093 ), since 1089 Count of Troyes (Champagne), Vitry and Bar-sur- Aube out of the house Blois
  • Odo Neustadter-Sturmer (1885-1938), Austrian politician
  • Odo Rumpf (* 1961), German artist
  • Odo from the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, see: figures in the Star Trek universe
  • Odo Proudfoot, a hobbit from the novel The Lord of the Rings

Variants

  • Otto, Otho, Udo, Oddo
  • Eudes Odon, Othon (French)
  • Oddone ( Italian)
  • Eudo
  • Male first name
Odometer Cluny Abbey Odo, Earl of Kent Odo of Tournai Odo of France Odo Josef Struger Odo I, Count of Blois Odo II, Count of Blois
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