German: habitational name from any of several places named Rod,
or a topographic name for somene who lived in a woodland clearing,
from a derivative of Middle High German roden ‘to clear land
for cultivation’. Compare Rhodes.Norwegian
(Rød): habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so
named, from Old Norse ruð ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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