Meanings
alternative Rodrick
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
1 more example
"You must not forget that eventually Roderick will have to succeed whatever title you choose. We must not select anything which would seem ridiculous in connection with Roderick. His actual name is bad enough, as it is. Roderick!" Mrs. Hammond winced. This was a painful subject with her. "How often I pleaded with poor Lucy to call him Thomas!"
1924, P. G. Wodehouse, Bill the Conqueror, George H. Doran, published 1924, page 16 - A surname.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*hrōþiz
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
- Proto-Celtic*rīxs
- Proto-Germanic*rīks
- Proto-Germanic*Hrōþirīks
- EnglishRoderick
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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Arabic لُذَرِيق
- لُذَرِيق (luḏarīq)male given name
Bengali রডারিক
- রডারিক (roḍarik)male given name
Dutch Roderik
- Roderikmale given name
German Roderich
- Roderichmale given name
Polish Roderyk
- Roderykmale given name
Portuguese Rodrigo, Rui
- Rodrigomale given name
- Ruimale given name
Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh
- Ruairidhmale given name
Spanish Rodrigo, Ruy
- Rodrigomale given name
- Ruymale given name
Welsh Rhydderch
- Rhydderchmale given name
Cite this entry
Roderick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roderick
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