Rhode

English

The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

Rhode (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodes)

for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named.
for a person who lived near a reed bed.

Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Rhode (no pagination)
Hanks, Patrick (2022) Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Rhodes (no pagination)

Rhode

(Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus

the oldest Oceanid

Rhode