Odegaard Family History
Odegaard Name Meaning
Norwegian (Ødegaard and Ødegård): habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads chiefly in eastern Norway named Øygard Øygarden Ødegård Ødegaard from øyde ‘deserted’ + gård (old spelling gaard) ‘farm’. These for the most part are farmsteads that were left deserted after the Black Death of 1349.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022