German: from a short form of any of the various Germanic
personal names with the first element hrod ‘renown’. Compare
Robert, Rudiger.North German, Danish, and English:
topographic name for someone who lived on land cleared for cultivation
or in a clearing in woodland, from Middle Low German rode,
Danish rothe, Old English rod. Compare English
Rhodes.English: habitational name from any of
the many places named with this word, as for example Rode in Cheshire.Slovenian: topographic name from the adjective rod
‘barren’, denoting someone who lived on a barren land.Slovenian: nickname from the Slovenian dialect word rode
‘person with disheveled hair’, a derivative of rod ‘curly’ or
‘hairy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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