← Back to The Early Middle Ages
Girl · Gothic (probably), through Spanish and French
Élodie
Say it: ay-loh-DEE
Meaning
From Alodia, a name of the Visigothic period in Spain; a link with Germanic alod 'full property' has been suggested but is not settled.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Revived in France in the late 20th century and still well used there.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 3,535 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 4,000 girls
- 398 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Elodie
| Spanish | Alodia |
|---|---|
| Latin | Alodia |
Famous bearers
- Saint Alodia, Spanish martyr
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.