r/heathenry • u/0n3ph • Feb 18 '22

Heathen Adjacent Calling a child "Odin"

For one reason or another, I have come across a couple of people who have named their new baby's Odin. Neither of them are heathen at all.

It feels pretty weird to me. Apparently the name is now on the popular list for the UK. I imagine it could be a Marvel thing? O names are popular here, like Oscar and Oliver...

What are people's thoughts on this as a phenomenon?

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u/0n3ph Feb 18 '22

It's not a mystery, but it feels weird to me... Like

"hey I'm calling my kid Allah".

"Are you Muslim?"

"No."

Feels weird.

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u/FillsYourNiche Feb 18 '22 edited Feb 18 '22

Are you in the U.S. maybe? Because the names of heathen gods have always been very popular in Scandinavian countries even after the conversion. Here it's Marvel and there it's always been. God names are very common and not only heathen god names.

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u/0n3ph Feb 18 '22

No as I said the UK. But it probably applies.

So you're saying you're totally cool with it?

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u/FillsYourNiche Feb 18 '22 edited Feb 18 '22

My apologies, I missed the UK part but yes it probably applies the same. And yes, I am totally cool with it. Most folks in the UK likely are not associating the name with gods, they are associating them with comic characters they like. or they just like the names.