Roderick
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- "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....
- A surname.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīksder. English Roderick 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.