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Roderick

Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic (Proto-Germanic , from , + , ) is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward. Its Old High German forms are , , , , , ; in Gothic language ; in Old English language it appears as or , and in Old Norse as (Old East Norse , , Old West Norse as , ).

In the 12th-century Primary Chronicle, the name is reflected as , i.e. Rurik. In Spanish and Portuguese, it was rendered as Rodrigo, or in its short form, Ruy or Rui, and in Galician, the name is Roy or Roi. In Arabic, the form (), used to refer Roderic (Ulfilan ), the last king of the Visigoths. Saint Roderick () is one of the Martyrs of Córdoba.

The modern English name does not continue the Anglo-Saxon form but was re-introduced from the continent by the Normans in medieval England. The Middle English given name had also virtually disappeared by the 19th century, even though it had survived as a surname. The given name was re-popularised by Sir Walter Scott's poem The Vision of Don Roderick (1811), where Roderick refers to the Visigothic king. The modern English name is sometimes abbreviated to Roddy.

Roderick is also an Anglicisation of several unrelated names. As a surname and given name it is used as an anglicised form of the Welsh . The given name Roderick is also used as an anglicised form of the Gaelic personal name Rory (, ; , ).

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See also Rodriguez and Rodrigues.

  • Aaron Roderick (born 1972), offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Brigham Young University Cougars football team
  • Brande Roderick (born 1974), American model and actress
  • Buckley Roderick (1862–1908), Welsh solicitor, international rugby union forward and a Vice-Consular for Spain
  • Caerwyn Roderick (1927–2011), British Labour Party politician
  • Casey Roderick (born 1992), American stock car racing driver
  • David Roderick (born 1970), award-winning American poet, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • George H. Roderick (1880–1963), official in the United States Department of the Army during the Eisenhower Administration
  • Gerald Roderick (1924-1998), American politician from Missouri
  • Jane Roderick, British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1980s
  • John Roderick (American football) (born 1944), former professional American football wide receiver
  • John Roderick (correspondent) (1914–2008), American journalist, foreign correspondent for the Associated Press news service
  • John Roderick (musician) (born 1968), American musician and writer
  • Judy Roderick (1942–1992), American blues singer and songwriter
  • Libby Roderick (born 1958), American singer/songwriter, recording artist, poet, activist, and teacher
  • Matt Von Roderick (born 1974), American trumpeter, singer and recording artist
  • Myron Roderick (1934–2011), American wrestler
  • Philip Roderick, British Anglican priest, founder of the Quiet Garden Movement
  • Richard Roderick (died 1756), British editor and poet
  • Rick Roderick (1949–2002), American professor of philosophy

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