Rhodes as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rhodes

What is the meaning of the name Rhodes ?

The baby name Rhodes is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /roʊdz/ (ROHDZ).

Rhodes is English in Origin.

Rhodes is an English surname and modern given name with layered toponymic roots. In Britain it arose from habitational places called Rhodes (notably in Yorkshire and Lancashire), from Middle English rode/rodes, from Old English rōd(e) meaning “clearing, woodland clearing,” hence “dweller by the clearing.” It can also denote origin from the Aegean island Rhodes (Greek Rhodos), whose name is traditionally associated with rhódon, “rose,” giving the appealing sense “rose” or “from Rhodes.”

As a personal name, Rhodes entered occasional use in the 19th–20th centuries amid the fashion for surnames as first names and has seen renewed contemporary interest for its crisp, coastal feel. Documented variants and spellings include Rhoades, Rhoads, Rodes, and Roads; Spanish Rodas appears in diaspora records. Related forms are the feminine Rhoda (“rose”) and the Greek Ródos. Overall meanings cluster around “clearing-dweller,” “rose,” or “from Rhodes.”