Roger

Where Roger comes from

From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.
— Wiktionary's entry for Roger
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Roger through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #341 among boys, with 25 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Roger Martin du Gard born
    French writer
  3. 1942
    Roger Ebert born
    American film critic and author
  4. 1945
    Peak, #22
    10,571 babies named Roger, its best rank.
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #55.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Roger Martin du Gard · French writer, 1881–1958
  • Roger Ebert · American film critic and author, 1942–2013
  • Roger Moore · English actor, 1927–2017
  • Roger Bacon · English polymath, philosopher and friar, 1220–1292
  • Roger Penrose · English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher, born 1931

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.