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==Historical== ==Historical==
* ] (a.k.a. ''Eudes'', ''Eudo'', or ''Otto'') (d.c.]), ]. * ] (a.k.a. ''Eudes'', ''Eudo'', or ''Otto'') (d.c.735), Duke of Aquitaine
* ] (c. 860 - 898), also called ''Eudes'', a king of the Franks. * ] (c. 860 - 898), also called ''Eudes'', a king of the Franks
* Saint ] (c. 878 - 942), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. * Saint ] (c. 878 - 942), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church
* ] (''fl.'' late 10th century) a composer and theorist. * ] (''fl.'' late 10th century) a composer and theorist
* ], ], ], 942-959, known as Oda the Severe. * ], ], ], 942-959, known as Oda the Severe
* ] (944 – 965) was Duke of Burgundy. * ] (944 – 965) was Duke of Burgundy
* ] (c. 1036 – 1097), Norman bishop and English earl. * ] (c. 1036 – 1097), Norman bishop and English earl
* ] (1368 – 1431), ], also known as Oddone Colonna. * Odo Colonna (1368 – 1431), ], also known as Oddone Colonna
* ], Bishop of ], ], bishop 1482-c. 1492, also known as Hugh O'Driscoll. * ], Bishop of ], ], bishop 1482-c. 1492, also known as Hugh O'Driscoll


==Fictional== ==Fictional==
* ], a fictional shapeshifting being in the sci-fi series ]. * ], a fictional shapeshifting being in the sci-fi series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
* Odo was the founder of an ] political movement in ] 1975 science-fiction novel, ''].'' * Odo, the founder of an anarchist political movement in Ursula K. Le Guin's 1975 science-fiction novel, '']''
* ] and ] sing a song about a wizard named Odo in ]'s '']. * Odo, a wizard about whom Rubeus Hagrid and Horace Slughorn sing a song in J. K. Rowling's ''].
* Odo is a character in the Lord of the Rings rough drafts. The author, ] hesitated in taking him out of the story (he didn't like him) because his son, ], wanted him kept. In the end he was deleted. * Odo, a character in the ] rough drafts. The author, J.R.R. Tolkien, hesitated to take him out because his son, Christopher Tolkien, wanted the character kept. In the end, he was deleted.


==Other Usages== ==Other Usages==
*'']'' is a genus of spiders (]). *''Odo'', a genus of spiders (])
*''Odo'' is the shorthand version of ]. *Odo, a shorthand version of ].


==See also== ==See also==

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Odo is a name typically associated with historical figures from the middle ages and before. Odo is etymologically related to the names Otho and Otto, and to the French name Odon, and to the Italian names Ottone and Udo; all come from a Germanic word meaning "possessor of wealth". Odo has also been used as a name for fictional characters.

Historical

Fictional

  • Odo, a fictional shapeshifting being in the sci-fi series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • Odo, the founder of an anarchist political movement in Ursula K. Le Guin's 1975 science-fiction novel, The Dispossessed
  • Odo, a wizard about whom Rubeus Hagrid and Horace Slughorn sing a song in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
  • Odo, a character in the Lord of the Rings rough drafts. The author, J.R.R. Tolkien, hesitated to take him out because his son, Christopher Tolkien, wanted the character kept. In the end, he was deleted.

Other Usages

See also

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