Meaning & Story
Oden is a variant spelling of Odin, the chief of the Norse gods and ruler of Asgard. Odin is associated with wisdom, poetry, war, death, magic, and the pursuit of knowledge at any cost — he sacrificed one eye to gain wisdom from Mimir's well. The name carries the full weight of Norse mythology and the particular intensity of a god who was always seeking, always learning.
Oden is a powerful, Norse-mythology-rooted pet name that carries the wisdom-hungry intensity of the Allfather himself. It suits a companion with deep, searching eyes and a watchful quality — the kind of animal who seems to be gathering information at all times. Oden works magnificently for a large, dignified companion with a grey coat (grey is Odin's color, associated with his wandering disguise) or simply for a companion whose intelligence seems to go all the way down.