Roades — Family Name, Records and Arms

Ancestors listed as Roades are often found as Roads a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Roads, is “Dweller by a clearing”. The extra “e” in Roades is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. You may also find the name written Rhoads.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Roades surname had 465 bearers. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Rodes.

There is no single Roades family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Roades report, with a museum-style coat of arms.