Släkthistoria för Rodman
Rodman Vad efternamn betyder
English: occupational name for a thatcher or reed-cutter from Southwest Middle English rod(e) rud(e) (Old English hrēod) ‘reed’ + -man. Synonymous with Redman English: topographic name for someone who lived at a clearing from Middle English rode (Old English rodu) or Southwest Middle English rude (Old English rȳde) ‘clearing’ + man. See Redman Americanized form of German Rodmann: variant of Rodemann (see Rodeman). Slovenian: probably a cognate of the nickname Rode formed with the suffix man ‘man’ of German origin. Alternatively from the ancient Germanic personal name Hrodman Ruodman (see Rodeman). Jewish (from Belarus and Lithuania): metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Rode related to Old Czech root rad ‘merry joyful’ + Yiddish man ‘man’ in the sense ‘husband’. Compare Rudman.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
