Odyn
Boy · OH-din · Old Norse
Odyn is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “frenzy, inspiration”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Odyn mean?
Old Norse: spelling of Odin
“frenzy, inspiration”
A spelling of Odin, the chief god of Norse mythology, from Old Norse odr 'frenzy, inspiration'.
- Say it
- OH-din
Is Odyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Odyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Odyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Odyn, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 126 boys in the UK were given Odyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #379, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Odyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
How popular is Odyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Odyn, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Odyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 708 boys in the US were given Odyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #451, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Odyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Names like Odyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Kayden Conan Cassian Brody Lochlan Keegan Orhan Declan Conlan Aiden
Other spellings of Odyn
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