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.Rood at the Database of Surnames in The NetherlandsRood, in the Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press The name can also be of English toponymic origin, referring to someone living near a rood ("cross").Rood at forebears.io Notable people with the surname include:
Anson Rood (1827–1898), American businessman and politician from Wisconsin Davenport Rood (fl. 1840s), American carpenter and politician from Wisconsin Denise Rood (born 1955), American violinist E. Irene Rood (1843–1921), founder of the Chicago Audubon Society Grace Alexandra Rood (1893–1981), New Zealand school dental nurse Harold W. Rood (1922–2011), American political scientist John Rood (born 1968), American businessman and politician John D. Rood (born 1955), American businessman and diplomat Jon van Rood (1926–2017), Dutch immunologist (born 1955), Dutch screenwriter, film director and philosopher Katie Rood (born 1992), New Zealand football player Lianne Rood (born c. 1978), Canadian politician Mary Rood, British silversmith Max Rood (1927–2001), Dutch legal scholar and 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 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 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 Hendrik Roodt (born 1987), South African rugby player Middle names derived from the surname Charles Rood Keeran (1883–1948), American inventor and businessman from Illinois James Rood Doolittle (1815–1897), American politician from Wisconsin John Rood Cunningham (1891–1980), American college president
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