The name Rhoda (English), the name Roderica (English and German), and the name Rodina (Scottish) are the female versions of Roderick. Roderick is a widely used name; it has 51 variants that are used in English and other languages.
Glendale, Arizona. Glendale /ËÉ¡lÉndeÉªl/ is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located about nine miles (14 km) northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 226,721.
Maricopa County is the central county of the Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population explosion is evident in a 2007 Forbes study which ranked four of Maricopa County's municipalities in the top ten fastest-growing cities in the nation. Those included Buckeye as the second-fastest-growing city, Surprise and Goodyear as 3rd and 4th, and Avondale as 9th.