Entry № 7715 · Hebrew origin

Odelya Odelya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oh-DEL-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"I will praise God"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "i will praise god".

Odelya is from the Hebrew אוֹדֵלְיָה (Odelyāh — I will praise the Lord) — from Hebrew odeh (I will praise) + Yah (God). Odelya is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish heritage. Hebrew feminine name reflecting Jewish theophoric heritage.

I will praise God (Hebrew).

The name in its native script.

אוֹדֵלְיָה
Transliteration
Odelyāh
Pronunciation
/ oʊˈdɛl.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Odelya stands.

Odelya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Odelyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Odelya / Hodaya
Hebrew praise-naming + Psalm 9:1 + 30:12 + 138:1 + Jewish Hallel prayer + Tribe of Judah + King David + Davidic Messianic lineage.
Tanakh + Jewish liturgy

Names connected to Odelya.

The number behind Odelya.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Odelya reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.