Rhoda
Meaning of Rhoda
Rhoda is a feminine name with English origins. It is pronounced as ROH-duh (/ˈroʊdə/) in English. The name Rhoda is often associated with qualities such as strength, resilience, and intelligence. While its popularity has fluctuated over the years, it continues to be chosen by parents looking for a unique yet familiar name for their baby girl. Variations of the name include Rhonda.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as ROH-duh (/ˈroʊdə/)
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Notable People Named Rhoda
| Rhoda May Knight Rindge, also known as May Rindge or May K., was an American businesswoman, known as the Queen of Malibu and L.A.'s first high-profile female environmentalist, who founded the Malibu Potteries and Marblehead Land Company. |
| Rhoda Broughton was a Welsh novelist and short story writer known for her sensational early novels and later, neglected but stronger work, with notable homoerotic and gender-related themes in her novels. |
| Rhoda Holmes Nicholls was a celebrated English-American painter known for her watercolor and oil paintings, which were admired by the queens of England and Italy during her time. |
| Rhoda Greer Wise was an American Catholic stigmatist and mystic known for her visions of Jesus Christ and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and her association with sudden healings, leading to her being declared a Servant of God in 2016. |
| Rhoda Elaine Williams was an American actress known for voicing Drizella Tremaine in Walt Disney's Cinderella. |
| Rhoda Fox Graves was a pioneering suffragist, women's rights activist, and early female Republican party politician from New York, known for being the first woman to serve in the New York State Senate and chair a New York Senate Committee. |
| Rhoda Mary Abbott was the only female passenger to survive the sinking of the RMS Titanic. |
| Rhoda Pritzker, a British-born American philanthropist, was a member of the wealthy Pritzker family known for founding the Hyatt hotel chain. |
| Rhoda Grant is a Scottish politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region, representing the Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party. |
| Rhoda Marie Janzen Burton, an American poet and memoirist, gained fame for her memoir "Mennonite in a Little Black Dress," a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor in 2010. |
| Rhoda May Southgate is a South African politician who represented the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2004 and co-founded the short-lived Federation of Democrats (FD) after leaving Parliament. |
| Rhoda Elizabeth Waterman White was an American author who published much of her fiction under the male persona Uncle Ben of Rouses Point. |
| Rhoda Weeks–Brown - Rhoda Weeks-Brown is a Liberian economist and lawyer who serves as the General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), appointed to the position by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde in July 2018. |
| Rhoda Dorsey - Rhoda M. Dorsey was an American historian and the longest serving president of Goucher College, as well as the first and only woman to hold the position. |
| Rhoda Bryan Billings is an American lawyer and a former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. |
