Odisho
Odisho, Odicho, Awdisho, or Audisho is a masculine given name of Classical Syriac and Neo-Aramaic origin and a surname. It is predominantly used by ethnic Assyrians, who follow churches of the Syriac-rite of Christianity.
The name is derived from the Syriac word "abd" and the Aramaic name for Jesus, Isho. Odisho also has the same meaning as the given name Abdisho.
Persons with the name Odisho as a given name include:
- Odisho Oraham, bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East in Scandinavia and Germany
- Ayoub Odisho, Iraqi football manager and former player
- Michael Odisho, Australian gangster
- Tiras Odisho, martial artist of Iraqi-Assyrian origin
- Ramina Odicho, Assyrian American comedian with origins from Syria
- William Ishaya Odisho, Iraqi-Assyrian former diplomat for the United Nations
- Ashoor Audisho, Assyrian-Australian murdered in 2006 by members of the gang The Last Hour