Odd (name)
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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.
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
origin (Oddr), the 11th most common male name in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. 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
Even (name)
Even is a Norwegian form of the name Eivind, coming from Norse Eivindr which has its origin in Old Norse words often interpreted as words for "gift" and "winner"...
is a common male name in Norway.
Notable people named Odd
- Odd AalenOdd AalenOdd Olai Aalen is a Norwegian statistician and is a professor at the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Oslo....
, statistician - Odd BørreOdd BørreOdd Børre Sørensen was a former Norwegian pop singer. He was better known by his stage name of Odd Børre. Internationally he is best known for the song "Stress" that he performed in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1968. He sung in the Kjell Karlsen's Orchestra and was releasing singles during that...
, singer - Odd BullOdd BullNorwegian General Odd Bull was a career officer in the Royal Norwegian Air Force who eventually rose to the position of Chief of Air Staff...
, UN official - Odd IversenOdd IversenOdd "Ivers" Iversen is a former Norwegian soccer player.Iversen is one of the greatest Norwegian footballers ever. He was the top goalscorer four times in the Norwegian top division . He also holds the record of most goals scored in one season...
, footballer - Odd Lindbäck-LarsenOdd Lindbäck-LarsenOdd Lindbäck-Larsen was a Norwegian military officer and war historian.-Early and personal life:Lindbäck-Larsen was born in Kristiania as the son of Ludvig Martinius Larsen and Fanny Olivia Lindbäck. He graduated from Oslo Cathedral School in 1915, and from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1918...
, World War II military officer and concentration camp survivor - Odd NerdrumOdd NerdrumOdd Nerdrum , is a Norwegian figurative painter. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work reference anecdote and narrative, while primary influences by the painters Rembrandt and Caravaggio place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of his...
, painter - Odd Roger EnoksenOdd Roger EnoksenOdd Roger Enoksen is a Norwegian politician representing the Norwegian Centre Party.Having an agronomist education, he previously worked as a farmer. He was first elected to Parliament in 1989, after a career in local politics...
, politician - Odd StrandOdd StrandOdd Strand was a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Aure, but grew up in Trondheim. During the German occupation of Norway he was a member of Milorg. He later studied at the University of Oslo, graduating as cand.philol...
, civil servant - Odd WingerOdd WingerOdd Winger is a Norwegian journalist, novelist and children's writer. He made his literaty debut in 1953 with the novel Mot Land's End. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1958. He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1966.-References:...
journalist, novelist and children's writer - Odd WithOdd WithOdd With was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Kjelvik. He began his career in 1939 as a teacher in Hamarøy and later Øksnes. In 1947 he graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree...
, politician - Odd ØyenOdd ØyenOdd Toralf Øyen was a Norwegian resistance member and anaesthesiological physician.-Early life and World War II:...
, Norwegian resistance member and anaesthetist - Odd Della Robbia, a character in the French annimated television series Code Lyoko