"Variant of Otis"
The name Odis is commonly a male name from the "German" origin.
Odis is a spelling variant of Otis, an English surname that also came into use as a given name. The two forms differ only in the d for t, with no change of meaning, and Odis has been recorded in United States birth data since 1884. The name is not a separate coinage but a respelled rendering of the older English name.
Otis means "Son of Otto, Son of the wealthy, prosperous one|One who hears well.".
The pronunciation of Odis is OH-dis.
