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Meaning

The name Roger has the following meaning:

A renowned spearman or warrior.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Roger is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 403 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Roger fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 35 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 496 in the Top 1000 charts.

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

Pronunciation

The name Roger is pronounced as rod-jer

Origins

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

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Roger and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Roger: Boys - Aldo, Alois, Baron, Eber, Gerald, Gottlieb, Harding, Herbert, Terrell, Girls - Allar, Ellar, Nordica, Odile, Ottilie, Ramona, Wanda, Zelma, Both genders - Hattie, Richard

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Roger: Roar (Norwegian), Rodge, Rodger (English), Rodgy, Rog, Rogerick, Rogerio (Portuguese), Rogers, Rogier (Dutch), Rudiger (German), Ruggerio (Italian), Ruggero (Italian), Rutger (Dutch)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Roger are: Rodge

Style

We think the name Roger should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Roger to be: Good-looking, friendly and well-liked

In one word, you might describe Roger as a(n) "well-liked" person.

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Famous persons

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

Roger Charles Louis Guillemin, born on 11 January, a famous neurologist. Roger Charles Louis Guillemin's background: Received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and Nobel prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones.

Roger Wolcott Sperry , born on 20 August, a famous neuropsychologist. Roger Wolcott Sperry 's background: A neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work with split-brain research.

Roger Martin du Gard, born on 23 March , a famous author. Roger Martin du Gard's background: A French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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