Meaning of name Rod

The name Rod has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Rod is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Rod in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Rod is very likely a(n) German variant of the name Roderick. See other suggested German boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Roderick.

The following names are baby names related to Rod and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Rod: Boys - Anton, Dutch, Leonard, Leopold, Maynard, Sigmund, Theodoric, Tillman, Volney, Wendell, Wilbert, Girls - Bernardine, Eloise, Griselda, Lesia, Both genders - Emerson, Raymond, Walter

The name Rod is a variant of Roderick. Other popular variants of the name Roderick are: Rhoderick, Rod, Rodd, Rodderick, Roddie, Roddrick, Roddy, Roderic, Roderick, Roderik, Roderrick, Roderyck, Rodgrick, Rodric, Rodrich, Rodrick, Rodrigo (Italian), Rodrigue (French), Rodrik, Rodryck, Rodryk, Rody, Rui (Portuguese), Rurik (Russian), Ruy (Spanish)

We think the name Rod should fall under the following style category: German.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Rod to be: Intelligent, handsome and wealthy chap

In one word, you might describe Rod as a(n) "intelligent" person.

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