Rhodes

Where Rhodes comes from

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rhodes
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1914
    Rhodes Fairbridge born
    Australian geologist
  2. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,082 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1930
    Rhodes Reason born
    American actor
  4. 2025
    Peak, #575
    511 babies named Rhodes — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Rhodes Reason · American actor, 1930–2014
  • Rhodes Fairbridge · Australian geologist, 1914–2006

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.