Meaning and Origin
What does the name Odin mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Canada says the name Odin means "God of all viking gods. The All Father".
- A user from Ohio, U.S. says the name Odin is of Norwegian origin and means "Odin was the all father god. He was god of wisdom, poetry and war".
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Odin means "The god Odin".
- A user from Michigan, U.S. says the name Odin means "Odin is Scandinavian god".
- According to a user from Australia, the name Odin is of Scandinavian origin and means "Anger, rage, God of anger".
- 2 people from Australia and Serbia agree the name Odin is of Norwegian / Russian origin and means "one".
Etymology: Icel. �; prob.akin to E. wood, a. See Wednesday
- (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, akin to Old High German Wuotan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōþuz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”) and Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Latin vātēs. Related to English wode.
- (Norse mythology and Heathenry) The supreme god of the Germanic and Norse pantheons, the leader of the Æsir, after whom Wednesday is named; the god of war and poetry, the husband of Frigg, the father of Balder, Hod, Hermod, Thor, and Tyr.
Odin was also found in the following language(s): Danish, French, German, Norwegian, and Portuguese