Roderick.
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Meaning & usage
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kreH-der. Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīksder. English Roderick Medieval English name from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks, revived after Walter Scott used it in a poem in 1811, where it is a translation of its Spanish cognate Rodrigo. Roderick is also used to anglicize Scottish Ruairidh and Welsh Rhydderch.
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