Boy · Germanic (Gothic), through Spanish
Roderick
Say it: ROD-er-ik
Meaning
From Germanic hrod 'fame' and ric 'ruler, powerful'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in medieval Spain as Rodrigo; in Scotland Roderick was used to render Gaelic Ruairidh.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 46,981 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 1,700 boys
- 100 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Rodrigo |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Rodrigo |
| German | Roderich |
| Italian | Rodrigo |
Famous bearers
- Roderic, last Visigothic king of Hispania
- Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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