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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Odilo m. Old High German uodal 'heritage, homestead' used as a monothematic name, or a pet form of any of various dithematic names beginning with this element.

France
Latin
c11thC Odilono (abl) St-Bernard-Romans no. 91; c1060 Udolonis (gen) StVdM-II 662; 1082x1087 Odilo (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 120; 1147 Odilo (nom) clairvaux-12thc 16; 1163–64 Odilo (nom) ibid. 107; 1164 Odilo (nom) ibid. 120; 1179 Odilo (nom) ibid. 180
1171 Udelini (gen) clairvaux-12thc 140, Udelinus (nom) ibid. 140
Germany
Latin
1173 Vdelo (nom) quix-vol1 99, Vdelonis (gen) ibid. 99
Italy
Latin
1326 Ottilus (nom) Friuli-14thC no. 421
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Odilo". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Odilo.