Rhodice as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rhodice

What is the meaning of the name Rhodice ?

The baby name Rhodice is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ROH-di-see (IPA: /ˈroʊdɪsi/).

Rhodice is Greek in Origin.

Rhodice is a rare feminine name of Greek origin, most plausibly a learned adaptation of Rhodikē (Ῥοδίκη), “the Rhodian woman” or “of Rhodes.” The root Rhod‑ refers to the Aegean island Rhodes - whose name is linked with Greek rhódon, “rose” - so the name carries layered senses of “from Rhodes” and, by association, “rose-like.” It stands near the mythic Rhode (daughter of Poseidon) and the biblical Rhoda, and echoes the poetic Rhodine.

Usage is extremely uncommon in any period; forms like Rhodike and Rhode are the ones attested in classical sources, while Rhodice surfaces in Renaissance and Victorian classicizing circles and in modern registries only sporadically. Variants and cognates include Rhodike/Rhodice (transliteration choices), Rhode, Rhoda, and the stylistic elaboration Rhodessa; nicknames may be Rhodie or Ro. Do not confuse it with Romanian Rodica (from Slavic rod, “birth/kin”), which is etymologically distinct.

⚙ Rhodice is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. However you look at it, very few people share it.