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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Odile f. Old High German uodal 'heritage, homestead'.

Then name of a 4th C saint and a 7th-8th C saint.

England
Dutch
1574 Ottilia AuFr Demetrij
France
Latin
1138x1162 Odolia (nom) clairvaux-12thc 61; 1188 Odila (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCIV
1079x1101 Odelina (abl) CartStPC IX, Odelinam (acc) ibid. IX, Odeline (gen) ibid. IX; 1101x1129 Odelina (dat) ibid. XXXII; 1115x1149 Odeline (gen) ibid. X; 1138x1162 Udelina (nom) clairvaux-12thc 85; 1147 Odelina (abl) ibid. 19; 1163–64 Odelina (abl) ibid. 106; 1164 Odelina (abl) ibid. 120; 1179 Odelina (abl) ibid. 178, Odoleta (obl) ibid. 178, Udeleta (abl) ibid. 181; 1214 Odelina (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXXIV, Odelinam (acc) ibid. LXXIV; 1301 Odeline (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 210
Germany
Early New High German
1497 Ottilg Nurn1497 2055
Spain
Latin
889 Odulina (nom) CDCB-XV MMXVII
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Odile". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Odile.