Roden Family History
Roden Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Roideáin ‘descendant of Rodán’, a personal name derived from a diminutive of rod ‘strong’, ‘lively’, ‘spirited’. German: variant of Rode 3. Swedish (Rodén): ornamental name, probably from an unidentified place name element + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press