Female name
Odessa
18,718 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1920. Expression number: 9.
Origin
Borrowed from Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa), named after an Ancient Greek settlement thought to have been located nearby. Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós). Compare Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa). The city was on the former Turkish territory of Yedisan, which may have influenced the choice of name. Yedisan means "seven titles" i.e. tribes, from yedi + san.From Wiktionary, entry “Odessa”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1920: 470 births. 18,718 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It really came into use around 1887. It is still given: 676 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
6 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 18 → 9
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
6 + 5 + 1 = 12 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
4 + 1 + 1 = 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.