Rhoda is a female given name, originating in both Greek and Latin. Its primary meaning is " rose" but it can also mean "from Rhodes", the Greek island originally named for its roses. The name was mostly used in the 18th and 19th centuries but goes back at least to the first century as it is recorded in the New Testament of the Bible (see

Rhoda (biblical figure) Rhoda ( grc-x-biblical, ˁΡόδη) is a woman mentioned once in the New Testament. She appears only in Acts . Rhoda was the first person to hear Peter after God freed him from prison, but no one believed her account that Peter was at the door be ...

People

Politicians

* Rhoda Grant (born 1963), Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament *

Rhoda Fox Graves Rhoda Fox Graves (July 2, 1877 – January 25, 1950) was a suffragist, women's rights activist, and early female Republican party politician from St. Lawrence County, New York in the United States. Graves was the first woman to serve in the Ne ...

(1877–1950), American suffragist, woman's rights activist, and pioneering female Republican politician * Rhoda Jacobs (born 1937), American member of the New York State Assembly *

Rhoda Moy-Crawford Rhoda Moy Crawford (born 1989) is a Jamaican politician, who is currently the Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament for Manchester Central. She was first elected in the landslide 2020 general election. Political career Crawford defeated in ...

(born 1989), Jamaican politician * Rhoda Perry (born 1943), member of the Rhode Island Senate

Writers

Rhoda Broughton Rhoda Broughton (29 November 1840 – 5 June 1920) was a Welsh novelist and short story writer.Robert Hadji, "Rhoda Broughton" in Jack Sullivan (ed) (1986) ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural'' Viking Press, 1986, , p. 285 ...

(1840–1920), Welsh novelist * Rhoda Lerman (1936–2015), American author * Rhoda Shipman (born 1968), American comic book writer *

Rhoda Truax Rhoda Truax Silberman (October 28, 1901 – June 29, 2000) was an American author. Biography Born Rhoda Truax in New York City to Justice Charles Henry Truax of the New York State Supreme Court and his wife, Caroline Sanders, she was a gr ...

(1901–2000), American author

Scientists

* Rhoda Alani (born 1964), American oncologist * Rhoda Bubendey Métraux (1914–2003), anthropologist

Actresses

Rhoda Gemignani Rhoda Barbara Gemignani (née Cohan; born October 21, 1940) is an American actress, best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Carmela Rossini in the American television sitcom '' Who's the Boss?''. She appeared frequently on television betwe ...

(born 1940), American actress * Rhoda Griffis (born 1965), American actress * Rhoda Jordan (born 1979), African-American actress * Rhoda Montemayor (born 1979) English actress * Rhoda Williams (1930 - 2006), American actress

Singers and musicians

* Rhoda Chase (1914–1978), American blues singer * Rhoda Dakar (born 1958), British singer and musician, lead singer of the Bodysnatchers * Rhoda Hutchinson, a member of the

Hutchinson Family Singers The Hutchinson Family Singers were an American family singing group who became the most popular American entertainers of the 1840s. The group sang in four-part harmony a repertoire of political, social, comic, sentimental and dramatic works, a ...

, a group popular in the 1840s * Rhoda Scott (born 1938), African-American hard bop and soul jazz organist

Other

Rhoda Abbott Rhoda "Rosa" Mary Abbott (née Hunt) (14 January 1873 – 18 February 1946) was a passenger on the . She was the only female passenger who went down with the sinking of the ship and survived. Early life Abbott was born ''Rhoda Mary Hunt ...

(1873–1946), only female passenger to go down with the ''Titanic'' and survive * Rhoda Billings (born 1937), American lawyer and a former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court * Rhoda Haas Goldman (1924–1996), American philanthropist and heiress * (Rhoda) Lavinia Goodell (1839–1880), the first woman licensed to practice law in Wisconsin * Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (1854–1930), British-born American painter * Rhoda Pritzker (1914–2007), British-American philanthropist * Rhoda Richards (1784–1879), wife of Mormon leader Joseph Smith and, after his death, Brigham Young * Rhoda Wise (1888–1948), American alleged stigmatist

Fictional characters

* Rhoda Dendron, on the animated television series ''Darkwing Duck'' * Rhoda Penmark, in William March's novel ''The Bad Seed'' * Rhoda Morgenstern, title character of the television show ''Rhoda'' * Rhoda, in '' The Waves'' * Rhoda, in '' 12 Oz. Mouse'' * Rhoda Williams, protagonist of the 2011 movie '' Another Earth'' * Rhoda Swartz, in William Thackeray's novel '' Vanity Fair'' * Rhoda Henry, in the novels '' The Winds of War'' and '' War and Remembrance'' and the two miniseries

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