Rodin Family History
Rodin Name Meaning
Russian: patronymic from Rodya a short form of the personal name Rodion which is from Greek Hērodiōn the name of a relative of Saint Paul and an early Bishop of Patras venerated in the Orthodox Church. Jewish (from Belarus and Ukraine): metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Rode related to the Old Czech root rad ‘merry joyful’. It is formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in. Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name from a place in eastern Belarus named Rodnya. Swedish: variant of Rodén (see Roden ). Croatian: patronymic from a short form of Slavic compound personal names based on the element rod ‘family relatives’ e.g. Rodimir. English and Irish: variant of Roden and Rodden .7: In some cases possibly also French: derivative of Rode
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022