Rood Family History
Rood Name Meaning
Dutch: nickname for someone with red hair from Middle Dutch ro(e)de ‘red’. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a village or town cross (Middle English rōde roode Old English rōd(e)). English: topographic name for someone who lived by a woodland clearing from an unrecorded Middle English rōd(e) rood Old English rēod(e). This name would have been synonymous with Road (see Rhode ) and the two names were therefore interchangeable especially in Somerset and Devon. English: in Devon a post-medieval spelling of Rude . Americanized form of Norwegian Ruud or Rud .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022