Roddy

Where Roddy comes from

Diminutives + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Roddy
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1928
    Roddy McDowall born
    British actor
  3. 1946
    Peak, #746
    78 babies named Roddy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1956
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,232.
  5. 1958
    Roddy Doyle born
    Irish author
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Roderick or Rodger.
Namesakes
  • Roddy McDowall · British actor, 1928–1998
  • Roddy Doyle · Irish author, born 1958
  • Roddy White · American football player, born 1981
  • Roddy Maude-Roxby · British actor, born 1930
  • Roddy McEachrane · Scottish footballer, 1878–1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.