Family name origins & meanings
- Czech (Rodič) and German (of Slavic origin) : probably from Old Czech rodič ‘compatriot’, ‘fellow countryman’.
- German : perhaps a variant of Rohdich, from a Germanic personal name based on hrōd ‘renown’, ‘victory’.
- Serbian and Croatian (Rodić); Slovenian (Rodič) : patronymic from the personal name Rodo, a pet form of Rodoslav, which is from Slavic rod ‘relative’ + slav ‘glory’, ‘fame’, or from Rodoljub, a derivative of roditi ‘to give birth’.