Roderick

Where Roderick comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Roderick
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1792
    Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet born
    British geologist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1956
    Roderick MacKinnon born
    American neuroscientist
  4. 1967
    Peak, #221
    1,008 babies named Roderick — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #447.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Roderick MacKinnon · American neuroscientist, born 1956
  • Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet · British geologist, 1792–1871
  • Roderick Miller · Panamanian footballer, born 1992
  • Roderick Strong · American professional wrestler, born 1983
  • Roderick · Portuguese association football player, born 1991

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.