Odetta

O1D2E1T1T1A1

proper noun

A female given name, variant of Odette.

UncommonScrabble 7

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name, variant of Odette.

    Em has two children - Marchella, 16, and Odetta, 11 - with husband Scott Barrow.

    2018 August 27, Nick Hadley, “'I've been called aggressive, unappealing and scary': […]”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2024
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    Odetta Holmes was born in Birmingham, Ala., on Dec. 31, 1930, in the depths of the Depression.

    2008 December 3, Tim Weiner, “Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2009

    Temporal contradiction defines Odetta Hartman’s sound. Raised in New York’s East Village by liberal parents who exposed her to experimental theatre, modern dance, punk and hip-hop, she would then spend her holidays in West Virginia, where her mother grew up.

    2018 August 18, Phil Mongredien, “One to watch: Odetta Hartman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2018

    Mother Odetta Patterson, from Southwark, who has two children aged four and six, said: 'I was quite worried, to be honest, particularly about them potentially catching Covid and having to isolate, so I wasn't going to send them at first.[…]'

    2020 September 1, Mark Duell, James Tapsfield, Henry Martin, Jason Gro, “Tens of thousands of pupils miss their first day back at school as 'one in six' are kept at home over Covid fears despite risk of £120 fine […]”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020

    Odetta Maxwell, 25, was driving along Port Wakefield Highway, just north of Adelaide, by herself around 11am on Tuesday when her car crashed and rolled into nearby scrubland.

    2023 February 1, Tita Smith, “EXCLUSIVE: Triple J Unearthed star, 25, is killed when her car crashes and rolls on a lonely stretch of highway: […]”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023

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APA

Odetta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Odetta

MLA

“Odetta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Odetta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Odetta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Odetta.

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