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The first name 
Oden

Oden is a first name for boys.

When two boys called Oden meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Oden is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 4 out of 100,000 boys have been named Oden. In the SmartGenius ranking, Oden is #1,740 on the list of most common boys names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Oden.

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

Oden -
once in a blue moon

Do you know the feeling when you go to the zoo and the animal that is supposed to be in the enclosure is not there? You know it should to be there, but you've never seen it? It's the same with Oden. Boys named Oden have made themselves scarce. But some parents got a taste for it many years ago: Reaching pos. 1,501 Oden ranked higher than ever in 1914. By comparison, there have been 95 years in which the first name Oden has not been given at all (or less than 5 times, which is the minimum number required for a name to be included in the statistics), most recently in 1999. In general, parents name their sons Oden only once in a blue moon, so boys and men with this name can consider themselves really special!

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

Oden in 2022 – a precious jewel

In 2022, Oden continues to be a precious jewel: 101 newborns were named Oden that year, ranking #1,538 in the SmartGenius name statistics. If your baby's name is Oden, you must have a flair for beautiful and rare names: Congratulations, your child is sure to feel unique.

Oden -
quite rare in all states

The odds of having a man or boy named Oden in your home state are about the same as the chance for a white Christmas in New York City – in both cases they are less than 30%. More precisely, the first name Oden is registered in 18 states, among which are Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida or Georgia. In proportion to the male population, most men and boys with the first name Oden live in Minnesota, but even there the name is rather special – on average, you would have to ask 112,953 men and boys in Minnesota for their name before you meet one who answers with Oden.

Oden has 4 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 pretty rare as an initial letter for boys' names: only 1.8% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an O. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.

With four letters, the name Oden is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. 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.

That means that since 1.8% of all boys’ names begin with an O, this initial occurs only about half as often as the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are of course single names beginning with an O, which are quite popular

Other names with 
O, d, e and n

If you take all the letters in the name Oden – O, d, e and n – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Edon or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Oden

If your name is Oden 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 Oden

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

Orange

Dinosaur

Elephant

Nut

This is how the name Oden 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 Oden in Braille?

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

Oden

Oden

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

O
D
E
N

Have you ever waved the name Oden

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
E
N

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. Oden sounds like this: