Meaning Odyssey Gender Female Origin Latin Ulyssa as a girl's name is of Latin origin. It is a feminine form of Ulysses, the name of the far-traveling hero of Homer's "Odyssey". Tags Europe Modern Common Fictional Character Add new comment Your name Comment About text formats Plain text No HTML tags allowed. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. Leave this field blank Fav this