The odell Surname
odell Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from a place in Bedfordshire, also called Woodhill, from Old English wad ‘woad’ (a plant collected for the blue dye that could be obtained from it) + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Waddell.
- (O’Dell) of the same origin as 1, but altered by folk etymology as if of Irish origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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