Meaning: Rood is the Old English word for a cross or crucifix, best known from the poem 'The Dream of the Rood' and from place names such as Holyrood ('holy cross'). Separately, Rood is a Dutch surname meaning 'red'. It is very unusual as a given name.Medium
In 30 seconds: One firm syllable: Rood is the Old English word for the Cross, and also a Dutch surname meaning 'red' (said 'ROOD'). Unusual as a first name.
MeaningRood is the Old English word for a cross or crucifix, best known from the poem 'The Dream of the Rood' and from place names such as Holyrood ('holy cross'). Separately, Rood is a Dutch surname meaning 'red'. It is very unusual as a given name.
Rood carries two honest histories. In Old English it named the Cross, and it survives that way in the great early poem 'The Dream of the Rood' and in Holyrood, 'holy cross'. In Dutch, Rood is a surname meaning 'red'. Neither route is a traditional first name, and using Rood as one is unusual — we say so plainly (said 'ROOD').
It appears only extremely rarely for boys in the U.S. Rare, weighty, and short.
Did you know? Rood is the Old English word for the Cross — the same word behind 'The Dream of the Rood' and Holyrood, 'holy cross'. In Dutch it is a surname meaning 'red'. Both routes are real; as a given name it is genuinely unusual, which we note (said 'ROOD').
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References — Rood — Old English 'cross'; Dutch surname 'red'
