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Odie

Odie is a unisex given name: about 62% of people named Odie are men and 38% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexMedium
Male 62%Female 38%

This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
62% male / 38% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
2,549 male / 1,589 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Odie

To address Odie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Odie," in English, "Guten Tag Odie," in German. About 62% of people named Odie are men and 38% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Odie,

German

Guten Tag Odie,

French

Bonjour Odie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Odie:

Chinese

Odie您好：

Japanese

Odie様

English

Hi Odie,

German

Hi Odie,

French

Salut Odie,

Spanish

Hola Odie,

Chinese

Odie你好：

Japanese

Odieさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Odie by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonunisex name62%

United States birth data

2,549 male · 1,589 female · 4,138 births recorded

Male 62%Female 38%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Odie a male or female name?

Odie is a unisex given name: about 62% of people named Odie are men and 38% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Odie in an email?

To address Odie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Odie," in English, "Guten Tag Odie," in German. About 62% of people named Odie are men and 38% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Odie a unisex name?

Odie is a unisex name: 62% of people named Odie are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Odie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/odie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_odie,
  title  = {Is Odie a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/odie},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}