Comments on: Name of the Day: Odessa http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Baby Name of the Day: Romilly | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/#comment-27519 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:51:58 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-27519 [...] less likely to inspire a child’s name in the way that a better known place like Savannah or Odessa [...]

]]> By: Tim Spencer http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/#comment-26991 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:35:31 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-26991 Our daughter (who 3 years old now) IS called Odessa. My partner is Polish (I am English myself) – so you can imagine our difficulty in finding a name we both liked (I wasn’t keen on Kazimiera and she wasn’t keen on Aerial). We do sometimes use the shortened “Dessa”, and so does our little princess. It’s exotic without being too weird, and we like the positive meaning in the name book of “long journey” – something that we hope her life will represent. We always understood that the name was in fact from ancient Greece – and relates to Homer’s Odyssey, but others have suggested that we named our child with a place name (mainly Polish relatives, understandably, tend to this theory). In England some of my relatives refer to the “Odessa Files” – both a movie, and the German Codename for an operation to smuggle WW2 war criminals to Brazil – so named, I believe, because it DID involve a very circuitous and long journey.

Wikipedia says of the town Odessa “The origin of the name, or the reasons for naming the town Odessa, are not known. A legend regarding a link with the name of the ancient Greek colony persists, so there might be some truth in the oral tradition.”

Check out what other women called Odessa say about their name:

http://www.babynameshub.com/baby-names-girls/Odessa.html

Anyway – hear is my tribute to Odessa May who, to my ears, has the sweetest name I have ever heard :-)

]]> By: Sunday Summary: 11/6/11 | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/#comment-26242 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:18:19 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-26242 [...] the small screen to the big, in new movie Tower Heist, Gabourey Sidibe played a character called Odessa.  She’s a maid-turned-safecracker.  Wonder if this name will see an [...]

]]> By: SkyeRhyly http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/#comment-23602 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:49:17 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-23602 I love this name, sounds quite dark but elegant at the same time.

]]> By: odessaapartments http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/#comment-17251 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:41:00 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-17251 The word Odessa created from word “odessos”. “Odessos” was the name of ancinent greek colony, located close to modern Varna, Bulgaria. However this word has not got Greek origin. The word “odessos” was boroowed by Greeks from Ducksie people and it means “marine”. So “Odessa” means “marine”. I amd not ready to tell if it is good or not to give name of Odessa to baby.

]]> By: Nessa http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/#comment-2793 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:35:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-2793 I was just about to suggest this for a name of the day, and then I looked, and here it is! I really love it. I wish there weren’t so many other girls names I loved so I could make this number one on my list, haha (that doesn’t really make any sense, does it?)… I thought of the name Odessa Snow, and I totally fell in love. I think if I’d had a baby girl today (it was snowing today), I wouldn’t have been able to help myself. I think Odessa is just so pretty, I can’t believe she’s not more popular. I told my husband that someday he needs to give me a white kitten for Christmas so I can name her that. I actually just made a character on Rock Band named Odessa Snow and she’s totally my favorite character I’ve ever made… Wow, as I write this I’m liking Odessa more and more. Yay for new favorites!

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/#comment-477 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:17:30 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-477 Now that you mention it, I do see how you get a Western vibe from Odessa! Missouri, Nebraska and Texas all have a town by the name; Kansas has two. But beyond the fact that it’s a place name familiar in the West, there *is* something about that “d” and the rhythm of the name.

While Olivia and Ophelia are pretty and romantic, Odessa feels adventurous. IMHO, it’s infinitely more appealing than Savannah.

]]> By: coolteamblt http://appellationmountain.net/2008/06/02/name-of-the-day-odessa/#comment-472 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:09:39 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-472 Man I love Odessa. It’s so spunky sounding to me. Somehow, it sounds kind of Western-y to me, like Savannah, only without the stripper feel.

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