Entry № 8659 · Greek origin

Rhoda Rhoda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROH-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Rose (left Peter at the gate)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (New Testament)

A name that means "rose (left peter at the gate)".

Rhoda (Ῥόδη) is the Greek word for "rose." In Acts 12:13-16, Rhoda was the young servant at Mary's house in Jerusalem who, so overjoyed at recognizing Peter's voice when he escaped from prison, ran to tell the others without opening the gate — leaving Peter standing outside knocking.

Rhoda was the iconic CBS sitcom character (1974-1978).

Rose. The servant who left Peter knocking at the gate.

The name in its native script.

Ῥόδη
Transliteration
Rhódē
Pronunciation
/ ˈroʊ.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rhoda stands.

Rhoda does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rhodas before her.

Real people
Rhoda
Common 19th-c. American name.
In fiction
Rhoda Morgenstern
Heroine of Rhoda.
CBS, 1974-1978
Rhoda
Acts 12:13.
New Testament

Names connected to Rhoda.

The number behind Rhoda.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rhoda reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.