Rodion is a Russian male name, the Russian form of Herodion, a diminutive of Greek Heroides (or Herod) which means “song of the hero” from Greek elements heros (hero, warrior) and oide (song, ode).
Nicknames: Rodya (Russian)
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Variants:
- Herod (Ancient Greek)
- Herodes (Ancient Greek)
- Herodion (Ancient Greek)
- Herodianus (Latin)
Female forms
- Herodias (Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek)
- Erodiade (Italian)
- Aradia (Italian)
- Hérodiade (French)
- Heroda (English)
- Herodia
- Erodias
- Irodiada (Romanian)
- Herodiana (Latin)
