Baby name
STABLE
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 Rhoda
/ROH · duh/
Meaning
“Rose, or woman from Rhodes”
From the Greek word rhodon, meaning 'rose'; it can also be read as 'woman from Rhodes'. In the New Testament, Rhoda is a maid in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark. It came into use as an English name in the 17th century.
Nicknames
rho
Vibe
gentlewarmpoetic
How it ages.
A gentle vintage name with a biblical heritage and a quiet floral meaning; familiar and easy to like, yet rarely heard on playgrounds today.
The cultural moment.
Rare today; last ranked #774 for girls in the United States, in 1975.