Meaning of the nameOdete

Odete is the Portuguese form of Odette, a French diminutive of Germanic names beginning with od-, 'wealth'.

Meaning

“Portuguese form of Odette, a diminutive of Germanic names with od-, 'wealth'”

Source: Behind the Name: Odette · Wiktionary: Odette

People (2022): 51,699
Rank in Brazil: #553
Median age: 66 years
2010 Census: 68,991; people

Odete in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Odete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (14,705 people).

51,210 women 489 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Odete is most common

States with the highest share of people named Odete in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	14,936	0.034%
Paraná	5,380	0.047%
Minas Gerais	5,179	0.025%
Rio Grande do Sul	4,486	0.041%
Santa Catarina	3,028	0.040%
Bahia	2,773	0.020%
Rio de Janeiro	2,726	0.017%
Pernambuco	1,773	0.020%
Goiás	1,439	0.020%
Pará	1,384	0.017%
Espírito Santo	1,007	0.026%
Mato Grosso	980	0.027%
Mato Grosso do Sul	904	0.033%
Ceará	786	0.009%
Paraíba	709	0.018%
Maranhão	601	0.009%
Alagoas	505	0.016%
Amazonas	504	0.013%
Piauí	461	0.014%
Distrito Federal	438	0.016%
Rio Grande do Norte	424	0.013%
Rondônia	410	0.026%
Tocantins	245	0.016%
Sergipe	238	0.011%
Amapá	157	0.021%
Acre	132	0.016%
Roraima	94	0.015%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Odete

Behind the Name lists Odete as the Portuguese form of Odette, which it describes as a French diminutive of Oda or Odília. Wiktionary, in the French entry Odette, speaks of a diminutive of a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element od-, ot-, 'riches', from Proto-Germanic *audaz. In the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, the ending -ete comes from the French diminutive -ette, from Latin -eta. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 51,699 people named Odete, with a median age of 66; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná.

This is the Portuguese spelling, with a single T, and the most recorded in the group. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Hodete and Odethe as spelling variants.

Other spellings of Odete

Spelling	People (2022)
Odete	51,699
Odette	1,306

Sources

Behind the Name: Odette · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Odette · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Odete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Odete

What does the name Odete mean?

Odete means “Portuguese form of Odette, a diminutive of Germanic names with od-, 'wealth'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Odete in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 51,699 people with the first name Odete, which ranks it number 553 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Odete a boy's or a girl's name?

Odete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 51,210 women and 489 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Odete?

Odete is a name of Germanic and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Odete most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.047% of the state's population is named Odete (5,380 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Odete?

Odette. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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