Rodea meaning | Last name Rodea origin

Is a variation of Rode. See Royd - A common termination of names of places in the North of England, signifying a clearing in a forest, in legal phrase, a roda or assart. "Rode land is used in this sense in modern German, in which the verb roden means to clear; hence, near the Hartz forest, Elbingerode, Blacherode, and Osterode. The combination of the syllable rod, rode, or royd, with some other term, or with the name of an original settler, has no doubt given to particular localities such de signations as Huntroyd, Ormerod, etc." [Coucher Book of Whalley Abbey; Gloss.] In Lancashire and Yorkshire, the adjunct sometimes refers to the early proprietor, as in Monkroyd, Martinrode, etc.; sometimes to the trees ridded or cleared, as in Oakenrode, Ac royd, Hollinrode, Holroyd, etc.; sometimes to other characteristics.

The is a variation of Roode. The red.

Lastname is a form of Rode. Rood or cross, or perhaps Rodeland; Of Assart.

Family name Rodea is the form of Rood. Dweller near a roadside cross.

A form of Rode. Dweller in the clearing or place where the trees have been removed; descendant of Rod, a pet form of Roderick meaning "famous, ruler".

The surname Rodea is variant form of Rodd. A terminate, the same as Royd. It is apparently an ancient participate of the verb to rid.

Family name Rodea is a variant form of Rood. A crucifix accompanied by figures of St. John and the Virgin. Though generally placed in churches, over the chancel arch, they were doubtless occasionally placed out of doors, like ordinary way-side crosses; and residence near one would originate the surname. Cognate surnames are Cross and Crouch.