title: Oded
text: # Oded
  
  Oded is a Hebrew name meaning "encouragement".
  
  People with the name Oded:
  
  * Oded Baloush, Israeli footballer
  * Oded Brandwein (born 1988), Israeli-Polish professional basketball player in the Israeli Premier League
  * Oded Burla (1915–2009), Israeli writer, poet and artist
  * Oded Elkayam (born 1988), Israeli footballer
  * Oded Fehr (born 1970), Israeli actor
  * Oded Galor (born 1953), Israeli economist
  * Oded Gavish (born 1989), Israeli footballer
  * Oded Golan (born 1951), Israeli engineer, entrepreneur, and antiquities collector
  * Oded Goldreich (born 1957)
  * Oded Ha-Carmeili, later Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), Israeli-born entertainer with gigantism and acromegaly, popularly known as "The Jewish Giant"
  * Oded Liphshitz, Israeli playwright
  * Oded Lipschits (born 1963), Israeli archaeologist and historian
  * Oded Lowengart, Israel professor of marketing
  * Oded Menashe (born 1969), Israeli actor and magician
  * Oded Kattash (born 1974), Israeli basketball player and coach
  * Oded Machnes (born 1956), Israeli football player
  * Oded Schramm (1961–2008), Israeli-American mathematician
  
  In the Bible, there were two people called Oded:
  
  * Oded (father of Azariah)
  * Oded (prophet)
  