Rhoads name History.
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:50 pm
I wondered whether the name was German,anyway it turns out it came to England after the Norman conquest of 1066 during migration . The Normans were Danish settlers in the northern part of France who spoke a strange type of French.
It means " rod" in old English.
The Rhoads family lived in Lincolnshire at Rhodes from whence ,their name is derived.
http://www.houseofnames.com/rhoads-family-crest
More info.
Rhodes is a locational surname, with other spellings Rhoades, Rhoads, Roads, Roades, and Rodes, all[verification needed] deriving from the Old English "rod", meaning "a clearing in the woods", or from one of a number of locations from this word. Topographical features provided obvious and convenient means of identification in the small communities of the Middle Ages, giving rise to various surnames. Locational surnames arose when former inhabitants of a place moved to another town or area and were identified by the name of their birthplace.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_%28surname%29
It means " rod" in old English.
The Rhoads family lived in Lincolnshire at Rhodes from whence ,their name is derived.
http://www.houseofnames.com/rhoads-family-crest
More info.
Rhodes is a locational surname, with other spellings Rhoades, Rhoads, Roads, Roades, and Rodes, all[verification needed] deriving from the Old English "rod", meaning "a clearing in the woods", or from one of a number of locations from this word. Topographical features provided obvious and convenient means of identification in the small communities of the Middle Ages, giving rise to various surnames. Locational surnames arose when former inhabitants of a place moved to another town or area and were identified by the name of their birthplace.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_%28surname%29
thanks