Rhodes

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rose in US United States, PH Philippines, BR Brazil and 16 more, Rosa in PE Peru, EC Ecuador, Ros in ES Spain and Rodas in AR Argentina.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rhodes is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname40K records spelled Rhodes63 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Peru, United States, Paraguay

  Languages: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

  Also written Rodas, Rodes, Rhoda, Родас, Roda

• a separate surname38K records spelled Rhodes2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Rhode-S

• French surname11K records spelled Rhodes19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Croatia

  Languages: French, Spanish, Catalan

  Also written Rodez, Rodes, Rodeš, Rodés, Rhôdes

• Polish surname4.7K records spelled Rhodes36 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Rhoades, Rodos, Rodoś, Роудс, Родс

• Greek surname3.0K records spelled Rhodes4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Ροδος, Ρόδος, Rodos

• Indonesian surname1.8K records spelled Rhodes3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Rodos

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Rhodes is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, dweller by the clearing(s), from OE rod(u); first attested Hugh de Rodes 1219 AssY

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, Cecil John, British financier; island.

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Aegean

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Portuguese, obsolete spelling of Rodes

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Rhodes (island)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 49 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Cecil John Rhodesb. 1853ZABritish businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
• Leah Rhodesb. 1902USAmerican costume designer (1902-1986)
• Jim Rhodesb. 1909USAmerican politician (1909-2001)
• Donnelly Rhodesb. 1937CACanadian actor (1937–2018)
• Dusty Rhodesb. 1945USAmerican professional wrestler (1945–2015)
• Cynthia Rhodesb. 1956USAmerican actress, singer, and dancer (born 1956)
• Kim Rhodesb. 1969USAmerican actress (born 1969)
• Brandi Rhodesb. 1983USAmerican professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager and ring announcer
• Cody Rhodesb. 1985USAmerican professional wrestler
• Trevante Rhodesb. 1990USAmerican actor, former sprinter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 133 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rhodes?

We estimate roughly 989 thousand people bear Rhodes (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Rhodes have the most bearers?

Rhodes is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled rose.

Where is Rhodes most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rhodes is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 67 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is Rhodes compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Rhodes is the 26th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

What does the name Rhodes mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘Person who lives in or by a woodland clearing’, from Old English rod ‘clearing, glade’.