Odolan (alternative forms: ''Odolen'', ''Odylen'') is a

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male given name, used from 11th to 15th centuries.Adam Wolff: ''Wola w czasach książąt mazowieckich''. In: ''Dzieje Woli''. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1974, p. 45.Odolan(ów)
, In: Aleksander Brückner: ''Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego''. Kraków: Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza. 1927. (in Polish).

Etymology

The name has two proposed etymologies. First, it comes from the name of the plant valerian, which historically was known in

language as ''odolan'' (in modern language it is known as ''kozłek lekarski''). The second etymology points that the name came from (now obsolite) Polish word "'' dołać''", which meant ''to resist'' or ''to defeat''.

Legacy

The name stopped being used in the 15th century. However, it had influenced a few geographical names, including

Odolany Odolany is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Wola. Name The name ''Odolany'' comes from a Polish male first name, '' Odolan''. The form ''Odolany'' indi ...

, a neighbourhood in the city of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, and

Odolanów Odolanów (german: Adelnau) is a town in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, about south-west from Ostrów Wielkopolski, with over 5000 inhabitants. History The first written document that mentions Odolanów dates back to 1301, when it w ...

, a town in

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 o ...

, Poland.

Notable people with this name

* Odolan, 12th-century nobleman

References

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