Rood (surname)

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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