Fun Facts About the Name Odesser
- 169 babies named Odesser: U.S. records list 169 babies given the name Odesser from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Odesser Mean?
Odesser is a habitational name meaning "one from Odessa." It is built from the place name Odessa plus the suffix -er, which in German and Yiddish naming marks a person by the place he or she came from, as in Berliner, Dresdner, or Posner. The name therefore identifies an ancestor whose family originated in that Black Sea port, which lies in present-day Ukraine.
The place name itself was given to the new Russian port in 1795. Its most commonly cited source is the ancient Greek city Odessos, which stood on the same sea at the site of modern Varna, Bulgaria. That connection is the usual explanation rather than a settled fact, and no record shows exactly when an individual first turned the city name into the family name Odesser.
Odesser Name History & Origins
The city of Odessa was founded in 1794 on the Black Sea coast, on the site of an Ottoman fortress, and the name Odessa was adopted the following year within the Russian Empire. The port grew rapidly and attracted a mixed population, including a large Jewish community. From the early nineteenth century, imperial policy required Jewish families in the Pale of Settlement to take fixed hereditary surnames, and many chose names based on the town or district they lived in. Surnames formed from city names with -er, the pattern that produces Odesser, belong to that broad practice.
Emigration from the Russian Empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries carried surnames of this type to the United States, Western Europe, and other destinations, including Israel. As a first name, Odesser is uncommon, and any appearance of it as a given name is best understood as a transfer of the surname rather than as a separate naming tradition; the similar feminine given name Odessa has its own, much more visible history as a place-inspired first name.
How Popular is the Name Odesser?
Odesser has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1916. Its best rank was #2,395 in 1911.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | #5,176 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #4,863 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1937 | #4,759 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #3,575 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #3,324 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1928 | #3,670 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1927 | #3,233 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1926 | #3,001 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1925 | #4,325 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1924 | #3,313 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1923 | #4,267 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #3,921 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #3,341 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1920 | #4,296 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1919 | #5,367 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1918 | #4,685 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #3,024 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1916 | #2,787 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1915 | #3,069 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1914 | #4,054 | 5 | 0.0007% |
| 1912 | #2,564 | 7 | 0.0013% |
| 1911 | #2,395 | 6 | 0.0014% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Odesser Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are patient, persevering and strong willed. You are a good student, absorbing knowledge easily and retaining it well. You are either a saint or a sinner. You tend to hold things inside and suffer in silence. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.
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