Rhodes

[Barryanne]

What are your thoughts on this name?

Personally think it's great!

Like Gary Rhodes. He died far too young.

As in the colonialist, racist, White supremacist? Whose name the people of what is now Zimbabwe struggled to have removed from their homeland? Whose statue students have been asking to have removed from Oxford? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes

It’s a surname or an island? Never heard it as a first name.

OP have you done ay research on this name at all?

No. It may get spelt Roads which would be awful.

I knew a Rhoda which is greek. (girls name. )And Rhodes is a greek Island, but not keen as a name.

I also thought of the colonialist.

No. Are you not aware of all the recent controversy about Rhodes as a historical figure? Is this a joke?

I didn't know it was associated with such a bad thing, I just like surname names and had seen it in a few places before and was wondering other people's opinions.

This isn't a joke and I'm very sorry that I offended people.

No, don’t do it.

Rhodesia the country was a British colony/sovereignty and later renamed Zimbabwe. It's a political hot potato, so I'd suggest doing some research before naming your daughter.

Also, it also could be interpreted as a "Brooklyn" name, if your child was conceived on the Greek island of Rhodes? Prepare for sniggering and comments.

My first thought was Cecil. I definitely wouldn't use it!

I have to say my first thought was Cecil Rhodes and I don't generally like the name - but why do some posters on here have to be so fucking nasty?

If anyone is referring to me, I wasn't being 'nasty'. I was genuinely surprised that anyone might be considering it.

The OP has however been extremely gracious and polite in her respnses. Kudos to her.

Joseph Goebbels was a nazi, but I still like Joseph, just because someone bad has a name doesn,t mean you can,t use it.

It’s awful anyway, but the colonial connotations just make it even worse

@june2007

Joseph Goebbels was a nazi, but I still like Joseph, just because someone bad has a name doesn,t mean you can,t use it.

Which would be relevant if OP were considering Cecil, but she isn’t. Would you name a child Goebbels?

@june2007

Joseph Goebbels was a nazi, but I still like Joseph, just because someone bad has a name doesn,t mean you can,t use it.

But you wouldn’t name a baby Goebbels would you . The OP didn’t say she wanted to call a baby Cecil .

Joseph Goebbels was a nazi, but I still like Joseph, just because someone bad has a name doesn,t mean you can,t use it.

Whilst I get what you mean June2007 - the numbers of other 'good' Josephs balance out the not so good. However Rhodes is unusual and therefore there's no dilution effect.

Best to avoid I think Barryanne

She is using the rhodes bt which I associtate more with a
greek conetation..

no.

My first thought was Cecil Rhodes and white imperialism so it's a no from me. If I encountered a child named Rhodes I would wonder if the parents were racists.

Everyone will think you've called your kid Roads.