Roda

Family name origins & meanings

• Catalan : habitational name from any of the various places named Roda, for example Roda de Ter, Roda de Berà, Roda de Ribagorça, from Catalan roda ‘wheel’ (Latin rota), possibly denoting a waterwheel.
• Greek : variant of Rodias (see Rodia).
• German : habitation name from any of numerous places, particularly in central eastern Germany, named Roda or Rhoda.