Probably from ruwd; a refuge for the roving; Arvad, an island-city of Palestine -- Arvad.
see HEBREW ruwd
H719. Arvad
אַרְוָד proper name, of a location city of Phenicia (Assyrian Aruada, etc. see COT Genesis 10:18 DlPa 281; ᵐ5 Ἀραδιοι; modern Ruâd) on an island near main land, northward from Tripolis, mentioned with Sidon Ezekiel 27:8 compare 11.