Rhoda
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A classic name of Greek origin meaning "rose," Rhoda is associated with a joyful and faithful young woman in the New Testament
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹoʊdə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rhoda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 3.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 6K
- USUnited States1 in 28K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 362 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈65,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A classic name of Greek origin meaning "rose," Rhoda is associated with a joyful and faithful young woman in the New Testament. She was the first person to hear the Apostle Peter's voice after his miraculous escape from prison, and her story is one of exuberant, unwavering belief.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rhoda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈65,000 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Rhoda | 9 |
| NG Nigeria | #744 | ≈62,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | listed | Rhoda | 64 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | 1 | Rhoda | 22 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Rhoda | 83 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Rhoda | 21 |
| US United States | — | 11,868 | 1 in 28K | 12K | Rhoda | 362 |
| GH Ghana | #240 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Rhoda | 44 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the african-names-stewart-1993 register; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rhoda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Rhoda is of Greek origin, derived from the word 'rhodon' (ῥόδον), meaning "rose".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In Greek, Greek: 'rose'; island in the Nile at Cairo, Egypt
as a nameAfrican Names
From the post-classical Greek name Rhoda, derived either from rhodon ‘rose’, or as an ethnic name meaning ‘woman from Rhodes’ (Greek Rhodos). 205 , In the New Testament Rhoda was a servant in the house of Mary the mother of John, where Peter went after his release from prison by an angel (Acts 12:13). In the Scottish Highlands Rhoda is used as a feminine form of Roderick.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Rosa
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rhoda Broughtonb. 1840GBWelsh novelist (1840–1920)
- Rhoda Abbottb. 1873GBRMS Titanic's passenger (1873-1946)
- Rhoda Rennieb. 1909ZAswimmer
- Rhoda Bubendey Métrauxb. 1914USanthropologist (1914–2003)
- Rhoda Haas Goldmanb. 1924USAmerican philanthropist
- Rhoda Williamsb. 1930USAmerican actress (1930-2006)
- Rhoda Scottb. 1938USAmerican musician
- Rhoda Griffisb. 1965USAmerican actress
- Rhoda Jordanb. 1979USAmerican actress and screenwriter
- Rhoda Levineb. 2000USAmerican director and choreographer (1932–2026)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 58 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12K | #2,212 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 47 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 26 | #2,212 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 5 | — |
| NG Nigeria | African Names (Julia Stewart, 1993) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rhoda mean, and where does it come from?
- A classic name of Greek origin meaning "rose," Rhoda is associated with a joyful and faithful young woman in the New Testament. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Rhoda a male or female name?
- Rhoda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rhoda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 65 thousand people named Rhoda in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rhoda.
- How do you pronounce Rhoda?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹoʊdə/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Rhoda?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,868 people named Rhoda in 2020, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
- How common is Rhoda compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Rhoda is the 240th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rhodaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rhoda” — the 240th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.