How did Rhode Island get its name?

Answer 1

Possibly named in honor of the Greek Island or was named Roode Eylandt by Adriaen Block, Dutch explorer, because of its red clay
Not from a person or place but from the red clay that was on the islands. The Dutch West India Company called it Red Islands or Roodt Eyelandts which was Anglicized to Rhode Island.

Answer 2

Origin of name: From the Greek Island of Rhodes. The other hypothesis with greater credence is that it come from Dutch West India Company's name for the area Roodt Eylandt which meant red island.

Probably from its Dutch West India Company name which was Roodt Eylandt meaning Red Island.

The name Rhode Island derives form the colonial-era name for what is now known as Aquidneck Island. It was called Roodt Eyelandt by the Dutch West India Company or Red Island which was anglicised to Rhode Island. Some contend that it is named for the Isle of Rhodes but there is very little historical support for that etymology.