Rood is a Dutch surname. Meaning "red", it often originally referred to a person with red hair. The name can also be toponymic, since in Middle Dutch "rood" or "rode" was a name for a cleared area in the woods. Among variant forms are De Rood(e), Roode, Roodt and 'Van Rood.[1][2] The name can also be of English toponymic origin, referring to someone living near a rood ("cross").[3] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Anson Rood (1827–1898), American businessman and Wisconsin politician
  • Davenport Rood (fl. 1840s), American carpenter and Wisconsin councilman
  • Denise Rood (born 1955), American violinist
  • Grace Alexandra Rood (1893–1981), New Zealand school dental nurse
  • Harold W. Rood (1922–2011), American political scientist
  • John Rood (born 1968), American businessman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy since 2018
  • John D. Rood (born 1955), American businessman, Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2004 to 2007
  • Jon van Rood (1926–2017), Dutch immunologist
  • Jurriën Rood (born 1955), Dutch screenwriter, film director and philosopher
  • Katie Rood (born 1992), New Zealand football forward
  • Mary Rood, British silversmith
  • Max Rood (1927–2001), Dutch legal scholar and D66 politician
  • Ogden Rood (1831–1902), American physicist and color theorist
  • Richard Rood (violinist) (born 1955), American violinist
  • Richard B. Rood (born c. 1955), American climatologist
  • Richard E. Rood, better known as Rick Rude (1958–1999), American professional wrestler
  • Ronald Rood (1920–2001), American author, naturalist and radio commentator
  • Theoderic Rood (fl. 1470s), English printer
  • Tim Rood (born 1960s), British classical scholar
Variant spellings
  • Bobby Roode (born 1977), Canadian professional wrestler
  • Dan Roodt (born 1967), Afrikaner author, publisher, and commentator
  • Darrell Roodt (born 1962), South African film director, screenwriter and producer
  • Dewald Roode (1940–2009), South African computer scientist and information systems researcher
  • Hendrik Roodt (born 1987), South African rugby player
Middle names derived from the surname

References

  1. ↑ Rood at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
  2. ↑ Rood, in the Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
  3. ↑ Rood at forebears.io
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