Roderick name - Meaning of Roderick
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 11
- Usage
- English, Scottish, Welsh, Germanic
- Pronounced
- RAHD-ə-rik (English) , RAHD-rik (English)
- Roderick Meaning
- Means "famous power" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ric "power". This name was in use among the Visigoths; it was borne by their last king (also known as Rodrigo), who died fighting the Muslim invaders of Spain in the 8th century. It also had cognates in Old Norse and West Germanic, and Scandinavian settlers and Normans introduced it to England, though it died out after the Middle Ages. It was revived in the English-speaking world by Sir Walter Scott's poem 'The Vision of Don Roderick' (1811). Roderick originates in Germanic languages and means "renowned chief".
Roderick Related Names
Variants: Ruairi, Ruairidh, Ruaraidh, Ruaridh (Scottish), Rhydderch (Welsh), Roderich, Rodrick
Diminutives: Rod, Roddy (English), Roddy (Scottish)
Feminine Form: Rodina (Scottish)
Other Languages: Hroderich (Ancient Germanic), Hrœrekr (Ancient Scandinavian), Roderic (Catalan), Rodrigue (French), Rodrigo, Roi (Galician), Rory, Ruaidhrí, Ruarc, Rorie, Ruaidrí, Ruairí (Irish), Rodrigo (Italian), Rodrigo, Rui, Ruy (Portuguese), Rurik (Russian), Rodrigo, Ruy (Spanish)
Roderick Celebrities
Roderick Green - football player, Roderick Lewis - football player, Roderick Rogers - football player,
