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Meaning

The name Roderick has the following meaning:

A famous leader.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Roderick is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 691 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Roderick rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 38 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 900 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Roderick in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Roderick is pronounced as rod-eh-rik

Origins

Roderick originates from the German language.
See other suggested German boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Roderick and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Roderick: Boys - Anton, Dutch, Leonard, Leopold, Maynard, Sigmund, Theodoric, Tillman, Volney, Wendell, Wilbert, Girls - Bernardine, Eloise, Griselda, Lesia, Both genders - Emerson, Raymond, Walter

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Roderick: Rhoderick, Rod, Rodd, Rodderick, Roddie, Roddrick, Roddy, Roderic, Roderick, Roderik, Roderrick, Roderyck, Rodgrick, Rodric, Rodrich, Rodrick, Rodrigo (Italian), Rodrigue (French), Rodrik, Rodryck, Rodryk, Rody, Rui (Portuguese), Rurik (Russian), Ruy (Spanish)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Roderick are: Rod, Rory, Rick, Roddy

Style

We think the name Roderick should fall under the following style category: German.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Roderick to be: Intelligent, handsome and wealthy chap

In one word, you might describe Roderick as a(n) "intelligent" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Roderick (or its variants) are:

Roderick M. Hills, born on 9 March , a famous politician. Roderick M. Hills's background: Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1975 and 1977.

Roderick MacKinnon , born on 19 February, a famous biochemist. Roderick MacKinnon 's background: A professor of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics at Rockefeller University who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Peter Agre in 2003 for his work on the structure and operation of ion channels.

Roderick Green, born on 26 April, a famous footballer. Roderick Green's background: An American football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League.
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