Given name & surname
Rodd
“a famous ruler”
Rodd is a variant of Rod. In English use, Rod carries the interpretation “a famous ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rodd is a variant of Rod. In English use, Rod carries the interpretation “a famous ruler.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rodd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 771
- 771 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 732 as a first name in 2020; 959 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rodd’s family of names
Rodd has a related form in Rod. In Greek usage, Rodd as a surname is a transliteration of Ρωδδ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rodd
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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