Odum Name Origin and Family Crest

One surname, two spellings: Odum and Odom. The family name meaning is “Son-in-law”, the same as for Odom. Spelled with “u” instead of “o”, Odum shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Odam and Odem.

4,381 Americans were listed as Odum in the 2010 census.

Arms linked to Odom and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Odum report, with a museum-style coat of arms.