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Rood is a Dutch surname. Meaning "red", it often originally referred to a person with red hair. The name can also be toponymic, since in Middle Dutch "rood" or "rode" was a name for a cleared area in the woods. Among variant forms are De Rood(e), Roode, Roodt and 'Van Rood.[1][2] The name can also be of English toponymic origin, referring to someone living near a rood ("cross").[3] Notable people with the surname include: - Anson Rood (1827–1898), American businessman and Wisconsin politician
- Davenport Rood (fl. 1840s), American carpenter and Wisconsin councilman
- Denise Rood (born 1955), American violinist
- Grace Alexandra Rood (1893–1981), New Zealand school dental nurse
- Harold W. Rood (1922–2011), American political scientist
- John Rood (born 1968), American businessman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy since 2018
- John D. Rood (born 1955), American businessman, Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2004 to 2007
- Jon van Rood (1926–2017), Dutch immunologist
- {{illm|Jurriën Rood|de|}} (born 1955), Dutch screenwriter, film director and philosopher
- Katie Rood (born 1992), New Zealand football forward
- Mary Rood, British silversmith
- Max Rood (1927–2001), Dutch legal scholar and D66 politician
- Ogden Rood (1831–1902), American physicist and color theorist
- Richard Rood (violinist) (born 1955), American violinist
- Richard B. Rood (born c. 1955), American climatologist
- Richard E. Rood, better known as Rick Rude (1958–1999), American professional wrestler
- Ronald Rood (1920–2001), American author, naturalist and radio commentator
- Theoderic Rood (fl. 1470s), English printer
- Tim Rood (born 1960s), British classical scholar
- Variant spellings
- Bobby Roode (born 1977), Canadian professional wrestler
- Dan Roodt (born 1967), Afrikaner author, publisher, and commentator
- Darrell Roodt (born 1962), South African film director, screenwriter and producer
- Dewald Roode (1940–2009), South African computer scientist and information systems researcher
- Hendrik Roodt (born 1987), South African rugby player
- Middle names derived from the surname
- Charles Rood Keeran (1883–1948), American (Illinois) inventor and businessman
- James Rood Doolittle (1815–1897), American politician, US Senator from Wisconsin 1857–69
- John Rood Cunningham (1891–1980), American college president
References1. ^Rood at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
2. ^[https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=rood Rood], in the Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
3. ^Rood at forebears.io
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