Names I Would Actually Use

• Odessa: the feminine form of Odysseus; possibly derived from Greek odyssomai 'to hate'. Odessa is also a place name; a Ukrainian city that sits on the north coast of the Black Sea.
  • Favorite Combo: Odessa Mae.
• Olivia: was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602). Shakespeare may have based it on Oliver or Oliva, or perhaps directly on the Latin word oliva meaning 'olive'.
• Ofelia, Ophelia: derived from Greek ophelos meaning 'help'.

Guilty Pleasure

• Octavia: feminine form of Octavius; Roman family name meaning 'eighth' from Latin octavus.
  • Favorite Combo: Octavia Flynn.
• Odette: a French diminutive of Oda or Odilia; Germanic names which possibly are the feminine variants of Odo (Otto) - alternatively, it may be derived from the Germanic element odal meaning 'fatherland'.
• Olive: from the English word for the type of tree, ultimately derived from Latin oliva meaning 'olive'.
• Oliviana: a form of Olivia; ultimately derived from Latin oliva meaning 'olive'.
• Olwen, Olwyn: means 'white footprint'; from Welsh ol 'footprint, track' and gwen 'white, fair, blessed'. In Welsh legend Olwen was a beautiful maiden, the lover of Culhwch and the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden. Her father insisted that Culhwch complete several seemingly impossible tasks before he would allow them to marry, and Culhwch was successful with all of them.
• Olympia: feminine form of Olympos; from a Greek personal name which was derived from the place name Olympos, the name of the mountain home of the Greek gods. The meaning is unknown.
• Oona: a variation of Úna which is possibly derived from Irish uan meaning 'lamb'.