Rhodah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rhodah

What is the meaning of the name Rhodah ?

The baby name Rhodah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈroʊdə/ (ROH-də).

Rhodah is Greek in Origin.

Rhodah is a modern spelling of Rhoda, from Greek Rhodē (Ῥόδη), related to rhódon “rose” and to the Aegean island of Rhodes, whose name likely shares the same root. The name can thus be interpreted as “rose,” “rosebush,” or “woman of Rhodes,” evoking floral beauty and Mediterranean imagery.

Documented in the New Testament (Acts 12), Rhoda belonged to the earliest pool of Christian given names and circulated in Greek- and Latin-speaking communities before entering English. It saw periodic use in Britain and colonial America, with modest revivals under Puritan and Victorian taste for biblical and botanical names. Rhodah, adding a final -h by analogy with Sarah or Hannah, appears in English-language records from the 19th century onward and is especially familiar today in East and Southern Africa. Variants and related forms include Rhoda, Roda, Rose, Rosa, Rosetta, and Rosalie; pet forms include Rhodie/Rhody.