Odysseus is a ♂ boy name.
Odysseus is a name from Greek mythology. He was a son of Laertes and Anticlea and a ruler of Ithaca. With his wife Penelope, he became father of his son Telemachus. Odysseus was one of the heroes in the Trojan War and in the Odyssey Homer described his longtime homecoming.
Odysseus means “wrathful” and “hateful” (from Greek “ὀδύσσομαι/odússomai” = to hate).
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