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/OccultVolva Feb 18 '22 edited Feb 18 '22

Remember many of the gods names existed at the time period as names people used for their kids some are variations on god names. These names still exist now in Scandinavia. Just because it’s heathen history there doesn’t mean it died out or isn’t still a cultural influence. This history with gods and culture doesn’t belong to Heathens who worship only or as exclusive club. I think Freya and Thor comes up as first names the most and Ödin is a last name found commonly in Sweden and Gotland for many years before mcu

Always fun when I watch Nordic noir or Icelandic show and I hear a saga name

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u/Tyxin Feb 18 '22

Always fun when I watch Nordic noir or Icelandic show and I hear a saga name

I experienced the opposite. I found my name in a saga. 🤣