Entry № 8694 · Greek origin

Rhodes Rhodes — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROHDZ /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"The Greek island (Colossus + Rhodes Scholarship)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "the greek island (colossus + rhodes scholarship)".

Rhodes is from the Greek island name Rhódos (the island of roses). Rhodes the singer — British singer-songwriter (born 1989).

and modern American naming.

The Greek island.

The name in its native script.

Ῥόδος
Transliteration
Rhódos
Pronunciation
/ roʊdz /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rhodes stands.

Rhodes 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.

Rhodess before her.

Real people
Cecil Rhodes
British imperialist; Rhodes Scholarship founder.
1853 – 1902
In fiction
Rhodes
The Greek island.

Names connected to Rhodes.

The number behind Rhodes.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rhodes reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.