# Odisho

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**Odisho, Odicho, Awdisho,** or **Audisho** ([Syriac](/source/Syriac_language): *ܥܲܒ݂ܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ*) is a masculine [given name](/source/Given_name) of [Classical Syriac](/source/Classical_Syriac) and [Neo-Aramaic](/source/Neo-Aramaic) origin[1] and a surname. It is predominantly used by ethnic [Assyrians](/source/Assyrians), who follow churches of the [Syriac-rite](/source/Syriac-rite_Christianity) of Christianity.

The name is derived from the Syriac word "abd" (syr: *ܥܒܕܐ*) and the [Aramaic](/source/Aramaic) name for [Jesus](/source/Jesus), [Isho](/source/Isho) (syr: *ܝܼܫܘܿܥ*). Odisho also has the same meaning as the given name [Abdisho](/source/Abdisho).

Persons with the name Odisho as a given name include:

- [Odisho Oraham](/source/Odisho_Oraham) (born 1961), bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East in Scandinavia and Germany

Persons with the name Odisho as a surname include:

- [Ayoub Odisho](/source/Ayoub_Odisho) (born 1960), Iraqi football manager and former player
- [Michael Odisho](/source/Michael_Odisho), Australian gangster
- [Tiras Odisho](/source/Tiras_Odisho), martial artist of Iraqi-Assyrian origin
- [Ramina Odicho](/source/Ramina_Odicho), Assyrian American comedian with origins from Syria
- [William Ishaya Odisho](/source/William_Ishaya), Iraqi-Assyrian former diplomat for the United Nations
- [Ashoor Audisho](/source/DLASTHR#Murder_of_Audisho), Assyrian-Australian murdered in 2006 by members of the gang The Last Hour

## See also

- [Abdisho](/source/Abdisho_(disambiguation)), the Classical Syriac form of the name
- [Isho](/source/Isho)

## References

1. [*Sureth dictionary*](https://assyrianlanguages.org/sureth/dosearch.php?searchkey=27614&language=id). Association Assyrophile de France. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

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