Rode Family History
Rode Name Meaning
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’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press