The name Roderick is usually given to a Boy.
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The origin of the name lies in English.
Roderick is pronounced as RAHD-rik
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Roderick originates in Germanic languages and means "renowned chief".
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Meaning
Means "famous ruler" from the Old
German elements hruod "fame" and rih "ruler, king". This name was in use among the Visigoths; it was borne by their last king (Gothic form *
Hroþireiks, also known by the Spanish form
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
Walter Scott's 1811 poem The Vision of
Don Roderick [1].This name has also functioned as
An Anglicized form of
Scottish Ruaridh or
Welsh Rhydderch.
Origin
English, Scottish, Welsh
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɑd.ə.ɹɪk/(English) /ˈɹɑd.ɹɪk/(English)