Odette (given name)

Last updated December 14, 2024

Odette is a French given name; Old German name Oda + diminutive -tte; a female form of Odo, Odet.

People named Odette include:

Odette de Champdivers (c. 1390–c. 1425), chief mistress of King Charles VI of France
Odette Annable (born 1985), American actress
Odette Babandoa Etoa (born 1961), Congolese politician
Odette Bancilhon (1908–1998), French astronomer
Odette Barencey (1893–1981), French film actress
Odette Barsa (1901–1975), American lingerie designer
Odette Drand (1927–2019), French fencer
Odette Dulac (1865–1939), French actress and singer
Odette England (born 1975), Australian-British photographer
Odette Le Fontenay (1885-1965), French opera singer, voice teacher
Odette Gartenlaub (1922–2014), French pianist, music teacher and composer
Odette Giuffrida (born 1994), Italian judoka
Odette Hallowes (also known as Odette Sansom and Odette Churchill; 1912–1995), British spy
Odette Herviaux (born 1948), French politician
Odette Joyeux (1914–2000), French actress, playwright and novelist
Odette Kahn (1923–1982), French wine critic
Odette Kervorcʻh (1915–2010), French resistance fighter and anarchist activist
Odette Krempin (1976–2016), Zairian fashion designer and socialite
Odette Lapierre (born 1955), Canadian marathoner
Odette Laure (1917–2004), French actress and singer
Odette Lusien (1927–2007), French swimmer
Odette Mistoul (born 1959), Gabonese shot putter
Odette Monard (1903–1989), French swimmer
Odette Myrtil (1898–1978), French-born American actress and musician
Odette Ntahonvukiye (born 1994), Burundian judoka
Odette Nyiramilimo (born 1956), Rwandan physician and politician
Odette Palma (born 1982), Chilean hammer thrower
Odette Pavlova (born 1994), Russian fashion model
Odette Piñeiro Caballero, Puerto Rican politician
Odette Richard (1988–2020), South African rhythmic gymnast
Odette Roy Fombrun (1917–2022), Haitian writer and intellectual
Odette Siko, French auto racing driver
Odette Tchernine, writer
Odette Teissier du Cros (1906-1997), French ethnologist, curator
Odette Terrade (born 1949), French politician
Odette Valery (1883–?), Italian dancer
Odette Vidal de Oliveira (1930–1939), Brazilian child saint

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