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The roden Surname

roden Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Roideáin ‘descendant of Rodán’, a personal name derived from a diminutive of rod ‘strong’, ‘lively’, ‘spirited’.
  2. German: variant of Rode 3.
  3. Swedish (Rodén): ornamental name, probably from an unidentified place name element + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius.

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roden Family Facts

Distribution of roden Families in the US in 1920
Number of roden families
 85-167
 29-84
 1-28
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