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The first name 
Odalys

Odalys is a first name for girls.

When two girls called Odalys meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Odalys is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 2 out of 100,000 girls have been named Odalys. In the SmartGenius ranking, Odalys is #3,619 on the list of most common girls names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Odalys.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Odalys

Odalys -
keeping with the times

Odalys is a phenomenon of Generation X and Y. Previously, the name wasn't really on the radar of expectant parents. Schoolkids of the early 20th century probably didn't have classmates named Odalys - until this very name unexpectedly cried out for attention and peaked in popularity at rank number 643 in 1996. Although it has never reached the top 100 list, this girls' name seems to have been in vogue for a while, which makes Odalys really in tune with her generation.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Odalys was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Odalys in 2022 – for some parents the most beautiful name in the world

23 babies were named Odalys in 2022 - that's 1 in 6,444,865 newborn girls. With this number, the girls' name Odalys ranked 4,797 in our SmartGenius first name statistics in 2022, the most recent year for which records are available.

Odalys -
quite rare in all states

The odds of living in the same statae as someone named Odalys are about the same as meeting someone with blue eyes in the entire country – both odds are about 25 to 30 %. More precisely, the first name Odalys is registered in 15 states, among which are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut or Florida. In proportion to the female population, most women and girls with the first name Odalys live in Arizona, and even there the name is rather special – only one in 14,349 would turn around if you called the name Odalys across Arizona.

Odalys has 6 letters 
and begins with an O

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter O is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 1.0% of all common girls' names in the US begin with an O. By the way, the most common first letters of girls' names are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.

With six letters, the name Odalys is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 1.0% of all girls' names begin with an O, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average. However, individual girls' names with O are really popular, the most common currently being Olivia.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Odalys

If your name is Odalys and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Odalys

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Odalys, you can simply say:

Orange

Dinosaur

Apple

Lion

Yoyo

Sun

This is how the name Odalys is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Odalys in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Odalys

Odalys

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Odalys

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Odalys is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

O
D
A
L
Y
S

Have you ever waved the name Odalys

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

O
D
A
L
Y
S

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Odalys sounds like this: