Rhoda

Greek

"rose"

Rhoda Origin and Meaning

The name Rhoda is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rose".

To those who remember, Rhoda is still reminiscent of the brassy Bronx 1970s sitcom Rhoda Morgenstern. But Rhoda has a much longer history--it is a name that can be found in the New Testament as a servant girl in the house of Mary, mother of John. Later, Rhoda appeared in the novel Vanity Fair and the Shaw play Man and Superman.

Rhoda started out on the popularity list at Number 161, but never reached that height again.

Rhoda Rank in US Top 1000

# 778 in the US

Rhoda Popularity

• 1805 Nameberry 2023

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Famous People Named Rhoda

• Rhoda Broughton Welsh Victorian novelist
• Rhoda Elaine Williams American voice actress
• Rhoda Carlton Marian Holmes Nicholls English,American painter
• Rhoda Griffis American actress
• Rhoda Fox Graves first woman to serve in the New York State Senate
• Rhoda Coffin American prison reformer
• Rhoda May Knight Rindge American businesswoman
• Rhoda Agatha Rindge Adamson American businesswoman; daughter of Rhoda Rindge
• Hilary Rhoda American model

Rhoda in Pop Culture

• "Rhoda " TV sitcom about main character Rhoda Faye Morgenstern
• Rhoda Teneiro character from "Ace Attorney"
• Rhoda Penmark character in "The Bad Seed"
• Rhoda Hyman in "The Roaring Queen" by Wyndham Lewis
• Rhoda Swartz marries James McMull in "Vanity Fair"
• Rhoda Nunn MC "The Odd Women" by George Gissing
• Rhoda Williams main character in movie "Another Earth"
• Dr. Rhoda Dendron character on Disney's "Darkwing Duck"
• Rhoda Chesterfield character on TV's "Jessie"
• Rhoda Mullucks character from Call the midwife