Rood (surname)
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, Roode, Roodt and 'Van Rood. The name can also be of English toponymic origin, referring to someone living near a rood. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anson Rood, American businessman and politician from Wisconsin
- Davenport Rood, American carpenter and politician from Wisconsin
- Denise Rood, American violinist
- E. Irene Rood, founder of the Chicago Audubon Society
- Grace Alexandra Rood, New Zealand school dental nurse
- Harold W. Rood, American political scientist
- John Rood, American businessman and politician
- John D. Rood, American businessman and diplomat
- Jon van Rood, Dutch immunologist
- , Dutch screenwriter, film director and philosopher
- Katie Rood, New Zealand football player
- Lianne Rood, Canadian politician
- Mary Rood, British silversmith
- Max Rood, Dutch legal scholar and politician
- Ogden Rood, American physicist and color theorist
- Richard Rood (violinist), American violinist
- Richard B. Rood, American climatologist
- Richard E. Rood, better known as Rick Rude, American wrestler
- Ronald Rood, American author, naturalist and radio commentator
- Theoderic Rood, English printer
- Tim Rood, British classical scholar
- Bobby Roode, Canadian wrestler
- Dan Roodt, Afrikaner author, publisher, and commentator
- Darrell Roodt, South African film director, screenwriter and producer
- Dewald Roode, South African computer scientist
- Hendrik Roodt, South African rugby player
- Charles Rood Keeran, American inventor and businessman from Illinois
- James Rood Doolittle, American politician from Wisconsin
- John Rood Cunningham, American college president