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Throughout the world, Rhoads (ローズ , Rhoads , רודס ) is a very rare primarily masculine, but very seldom feminine forename. The forename Rhoads is characteristic of Northern America, particularly the United States, where it is an extremely rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name. Much more frequently, Rhoads is the last name as well as the forename.
Rhoads is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ross Geller , the fictional character from Friends; Ross Marler , character in Guiding Light; Ross Poldark , character in The Poldark Novels; Ross O'Carroll-Kelly , the fictional character and Ross Tanner , character in XIII, among other works.