Odin vs Vetle
Odin and Vetlecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2025, Odin was ranked #31 and Vetle #32 among boys in Norway.
Odin and Vetle over time
Odin and Vetle appear together in 1 published list, across 43 years of shared records. Odin held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Vetle in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Odin reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Vetle in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Odin and Vetle changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1959 and 2025, ending at #31 and #32.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 43 shared years in Norway · Boys, Odin and Vetle averaged 39.4 places apart, ending at #31 and #32.
- Longest-running competitions
Odin and Vetle were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 43 years, from 1959 to 2025, ending at #31 and #32.
List by list
Norway · Boys43 shared years, 1959–2025
Odin held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Vetle in 21.
Highest recorded here: Odin #31 in 2014, Vetle #32 in 2025.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Odin #31, Vetle #32.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Odin | Vetle |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | From Old Norse Óðinn, connected to the root 'óðr' meaning 'frenzied, furious, inspired'. The supreme god of war, wisdom and death in Norse mythology, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Old Norse | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈoʊ.dɪn/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #31 (2025) | Norway · Boys #32 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Odin has a recorded origin (Old Norse); Vetle does not have one recorded yet.
- Odin and Vetle both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Odin; Vetle doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Odin
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #361 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #31 among boys in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #31 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Vetle
Popularity journey
First recorded1959
First recorded at #487 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1959–2025
Highest recorded position: #32 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1959–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #32 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys