Odd is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 3 characters long in length.
The Odd is the variant form of Quirke. The O'Cuirces, or Mac Quirkes, were an ancient sept in Munster.
Lastname Odd is a form of the Oates. See Oats - "Oats," says etymologist Ferguson, "I take to be a pluralism, and class it with Ott, Otte, Otto, and the corresponding German names Otte and Otto."
Family name is the variant of Hoad. A hoad in the South means a heathy or rough ground. In Sussex many namesof places which comprise the syllable hoth or heath have had it corrupted by the peasantry to hoad, and thus Hothly and Roeheath become Hoadly and Rochoad.
Odd is the form of Otis. Outi's, or of Outi, Otto, Otho. An Outi held lands in county Warwick temp. Edward the onfessor, and Fitz Otes was a Norman name. The first of the surname in this country, John Otis, of Hingham, Mass, in 1635, came from county of Somerset.
Odd is variation of Quirk. Descendant of the bushy-haired man; grandson of Corc meaning "heart".
Lastname Odd is a variant of Oates. Descendant of Odo meaning "rich".
Lastname Odd is form of the Otis. Descendant of Otis or Otes, forms of Odo meaning "rich".
The form of the Hother. Hoth in Sussex, where this surname occurs, signifies furze or gorse, and also an unenclosed ground where it grows. Atte Floth is found in the XIV century. This probably became Hother. It may have sprung however from Other, a personal name of early date.
Odd is a variation of Oades. Probably the same as the Odo or Eudes of Norman times.
How popular is Odd?
Odd is common in Pakistan, England, United States, Australia.
Odd is ranked 250887 on our list.
As per 2010 US census, number of Odds grew by 8.39 per cent to 168 since 2000 and ranked 106096 after elevating 381 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
---|---|---|
White | 68.45 | 66.45 |
Black | 29.17 | 27.1 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
Farmer Peter Odd from Germany aboard the New York from Bremen. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in United States on July 24, 1872.
Odd Namesakes
- Gilbert Odd, British boxing historian and sportswriter
Odd Namesakes
- Gilbert Odd, British boxing historian and sportswriter
Related Family Names:
- Odd (Ireland, England)
- Oddam (India)
- Oddan
- Oddball
- Odden (United States)
- Oddi (Italy)
- Oddie
- Oddis
- Oddland
- Oddman (Jamaica)
- Oddo (United States)
- Oddó
- Oddone (Paraguay)
- Oddos (France)
- Oddsdóttir
- Oddson (United States)
- Oddsson (Iceland)
- Oddsteinsdóttir
- Oddy (England)
- Odd (Ireland, England)