Rhoda Forename
3,996th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 263,800 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malawi
Rhoda Forename Definition:
A female name. derivative of Greek ρόδον ‘rose’; the name of a girl mentioned in Acts xii. 13. It came into use as a christian name in the 17th C.
Rhoda Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 59,626 | 1:2,978 | 544 |
| Malawi | 100% | 32,955 | 1:519 | 112 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 32,616 | 1:1,618 | 328 |
| United States | 100% | 22,979 | 1:15,777 | 1,420 |
| Philippines | 99% | 18,571 | 1:5,708 | 928 |
| Kenya | 100% | 16,473 | 1:2,811 | 489 |
| Ghana | 100% | 13,934 | 1:1,937 | 330 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 13,884 | 1:1,111 | 195 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 12,204 | 1:946 | 238 |
| Zambia | - | 11,287 | 1:1,405 | 289 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5,280 | 1:7,757 | 838 |
| England | 100% | 4,480 | 1:12,411 | 919 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,218 | 1:12,929 | 2,055 |
| Sudan | 98% | 3,173 | 1:11,915 | 1,375 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,033 | 1:16,298 | 1,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,246 | 1:6,543 | 683 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,030 | 1:2,799 | 573 |
| Scotland | 100% | 882 | 1:6,066 | 532 |
| Liberia | 99% | 830 | 1:5,316 | 625 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 608 | 1:956 | 184 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 596 | 1:3,093 | 428 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 545 | 1:39,652 | 2,795 |
| Wales | 100% | 306 | 1:10,112 | 815 |
| India | 62% | 291 | 1:4,174,838 | 169,900 |
| Australia | - | 241 | 1:56,671 | 2,557 |
| Somalia | - | 239 | 1:56,594 | 2,774 |
| Bahamas | - | 215 | 1:1,858 | 430 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 191 | 1:7,128 | 1,149 |
| Ireland | 100% | 170 | 1:27,315 | 1,164 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 159 | 1:44,981 | 4,104 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 151 | 1:488,925 | 17,342 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 123 | 1:193,249 | 17,459 |
| Egypt | 100% | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| New Zealand | - | 104 | 1:43,616 | 2,517 |
| Botswana | 100% | 95 | 1:22,994 | 2,710 |
| Germany | 100% | 80 | 1:1,208,473 | 8,695 |
| Namibia | - | 68 | 1:35,356 | 2,551 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 66 | 1:256,092 | 8,605 |
| Qatar | 100% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Guyana | 100% | 45 | 1:16,961 | 2,209 |
| China | - | 44 | 1:31,046,722 | 61,111 |
| Israel | 100% | 42 | 1:200,069 | 6,201 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Hong Kong | - | 37 | 1:209,533 | 3,304 |
| Peru | 100% | 35 | 1:908,327 | 12,675 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 33 | 1:922,725 | 33,409 |
| Singapore | 100% | 31 | 1:202,808 | 8,522 |
| Belize | 100% | 29 | 1:12,218 | 1,691 |
| Panama | 100% | 29 | 1:134,709 | 5,994 |
| France | 100% | 27 | 1:2,461,864 | 13,275 |
| Sweden | 100% | 24 | 1:410,746 | 11,228 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Mexico | 100% | 23 | 1:5,397,584 | 20,990 |
| Spain | 100% | 21 | 1:2,215,713 | 12,163 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 19 | 1:1,589,573 | 29,905 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Italy | 100% | 16 | 1:3,816,381 | 20,790 |
| Thailand | 86% | 16 | 1:4,379,113 | 86,691 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 15 | 1:7,439 | 1,138 |
| Chile | 100% | 13 | 1:1,354,401 | 10,891 |
| Grenada | 100% | 13 | 1:8,317 | 1,152 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 13 | 1:631,807 | 9,098 |
| Benin | 100% | 12 | 1:881,320 | 23,430 |
| Denmark | - | 12 | 1:470,792 | 7,517 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11 | 1:1,044,549 | 12,446 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Brazil | 100% | 10 | 1:21,423,615 | 203,947 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Iceland | 100% | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 9 | 1:6,096 | 1,002 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:12,194 | 1,546 |
| Saint Lucia | 86% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 8 | 1:4,338 | 950 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Finland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 4 | 1:5,768,983 | 76,946 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Oman | - | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | 100% | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Indonesia | - | 1 | 1:257,963,668 | 1,335,696 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Rhoda (4,290) may also be a surname.
Rhoda Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. derivative of Greek ρόδον ‘rose’; the name of a girl mentioned in Acts xii. 13. It came into use as a christian name in the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
RHODE (rare). Greek ρόοδον (rhodon), ‘a rose,’ pl. ρόδα (rhoda); ρόδή (rhodë), ‘a rose-bush’: of these, the last seems to be the origin, though one cannot rule out another possibility—‘Ρόδια (Rhodia), ‘a woman of (the island of) Rhodes.’
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name derived from Med.the Latin rhoda, from Greek ‘ροδον, a rose.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Rose.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Ro'-dah, a rose. A servant who lived with Mary the mother of John Mark. Acts xii. 13.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a rose.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Greek name, meaning: A rose.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Rhoda Forename Popularity
Rhoda Demographics
Average Rhoda Salary in
United States
$42,302 USD
Per year
Rank:
219,781 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0068926
Rank: 1,311 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
97.18%
Sample size: 13,432 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Forename
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rhoda