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Roderick Romantic painting of Visigothic king of Spain. Bernardo Blanco y Pérez (Museo del Prado) Roderic Gender Male Name day March 13 Origin Word/name Germanic Meaning "fame/glory/great" + "reiks, king, ruler, leader" Region of origin Northern Europe; Visigothic Kingdom Other names Variant forms Hrœrekr, Hrærekur, Rœrekr, Rorich, Rorik, Rurik, Rúrik, Rurich, Roddy, Rodrick, Roderic, Roderich, Rodric, Ruodrich, Chrodericus, Hrodericus, Rodericus, Ludhriq, Rodrigo, Rhoderick

**Roderick**, **Rodrick** or **Roderic** ([Proto-Germanic](/source/Proto-Germanic) **[Hrōþirīks](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Hr%C5%8D%C3%BEir%C4%ABks)*, from **[hrōþiz](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hr%C5%8D%C3%BEiz)*, lit. 'fame, glory' + **[ríks](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/r%C4%ABks)*, 'king, ruler') is a [Germanic name](/source/Germanic_name), recorded from the 8th century onward.[1] Its [Old High German](/source/Old_High_German) forms are *Hrodric*, *Chrodericus*, *Hroderich*, *Roderich*, *Ruodrich*, etc.; in [Gothic language](/source/Gothic_language) *Hrōþireiks*; in [Old English language](/source/Old_English_language) it appears as *Hrēðrīc* or *Hroðrīc*, and in [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) as *Hrǿríkʀ* ([Old East Norse](/source/Old_East_Norse) *Hrø̄rīkʀ*, *Rø̄rīkʀ*, [Old West Norse](/source/Old_West_Norse) as *Hrœrekr*, *Rœrekr*).

In the 12th-century *[Primary Chronicle](/source/Primary_Chronicle)*, the name is reflected as Рюрикъ, i.e. *[Rurik](/source/Rurik_(given_name))*. In [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) and [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language), it was rendered as *[Rodrigo](/source/Rodrigo)*, or in its short form, *Ruy or Rui*, and in [Galician](/source/Galician_language), the name is *Roy* or *Roi*. In [Arabic](/source/Arabic), the form *Ludharīq* (لُذَرِيق‎), used to refer [Roderic](/source/Roderic) ([Ulfilan](/source/Ulfilas) [Gothic](/source/Gothic_language): **Hroþareiks*), the last king of the Visigoths. [Saint Roderick](/source/Saint_Roderick) (d. 857) is one of the [Martyrs of Córdoba](/source/Martyrs_of_C%C3%B3rdoba).

The modern English name does not continue the Anglo-Saxon form but was re-introduced from the continent by the [Normans](/source/Normans) in [medieval England](/source/England_in_the_High_Middle_Ages). The [Middle English](/source/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](/source/Sir_Walter_Scott)'s poem *[The Vision of Don Roderick](/source/The_Vision_of_Don_Roderick)* (1811), where *Roderick* refers to the [Visigothic king](/source/Roderic). The modern English name is sometimes abbreviated to [Roddy](/source/Roddy).

*Roderick* is also an [Anglicisation](/source/Anglicisation) of several unrelated names. As a surname and given name it is used as an anglicised form of the [Welsh](/source/Welsh_language) *[Rhydderch](/source/Rhydderch_(disambiguation))*. The given name *Roderick* is also used as an anglicised form of the [Gaelic](/source/Gaelic_languages) personal name [Rory](/source/Rory) ([Irish](/source/Irish_language): *Ruaidhrí*, *Ruairí*; [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic_language): *Ruairidh*, *Ruaraidh*).

## Medieval period

- [Hreðric](/source/Hre%C3%B0ric_and_Hro%C3%B0mund), king [Hroðgar](/source/Hro%C3%B0gar)'s son in *[Beowulf](/source/Beowulf)*, who has various counterparts named *Rørik* and *Hrœrekr* in [Norse mythology](/source/Norse_mythology)

- [Hrœrekr Ringslinger](/source/Hr%C5%93rekr_Ringslinger) (*Rørik Slængeborræ* or *Rørik Slyngebond*), mythological king in what is today Denmark. Father of Queen Gertrude, the prototype of [Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare)'s Prince [Hamlet](/source/Hamlet), possibly mixed up with the Viking prince of Novgorod, [Rurik](/source/Rurik); or the same person.

- [Roderic](/source/Roderic), 8th-century [king of the Visigoths](/source/King_of_the_Visigoths) in Visigothic Kingdom of Spain.

- [Rorik of Dorestad](/source/Rorik_of_Dorestad), chieftain who ruled Frisia, in the 9th century

- [Rurik](/source/Rurik), 9th-century prince of [Novgorod](/source/Novgorod), known as *Hrøríkr* of *Holmgard,* in Norse literature, [Varangian](/source/Varangian) [viking](/source/Viking) [King](/source/King).

- [Saint Roderick](/source/Saint_Roderick) (d. 857), one of the [Martyrs of Córdoba](/source/Martyrs_of_C%C3%B3rdoba).

- [Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar](/source/Rodrigo_D%C3%ADaz_de_Vivar) (c. 1043–1099), better known as [El Cid](/source/El_Cid), or simply Rodrigo, was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain.

- [Rorich von Scheidt genannt Weschpfennig](/source/Rorich_von_Scheidt) (1515-1565), German nobleman who was Lord of [Scheidt](/source/Scheidt%2C_Rhineland-Palatinate), [Bröl](/source/Br%C3%B6l), [Lohmar](/source/Lohmar), among various estates, and served as Landjäegermeister for the Blankenberg office. He was the father of [Wilhelm von Scheidt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm_von_Scheid&action=edit&redlink=1).

- [S Uciredor](/source/S_Uciredor) ("Rodericus" spelled backwards), Medieval composer

## Modern given name

See also: *[All pages with titles beginning with *Roderick*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Roderick)*

- [Roderick Anderson](/source/Roderick_Anderson) (born 1972), American basketball player

- [Roderick Beaton](/source/Roderick_Beaton), British Hellenist

- [Roderick "Rory" Bremner](/source/Rory_Bremner) (b. 1961), British impressionist

- [Roderick Bowe](/source/Roderick_Bowe), Bahamian military officer and the 6th commodore of the [Royal Bahamas Defence Force](/source/Royal_Bahamas_Defence_Force)

- [Roderic "Rod" Brind'Amour](/source/Rod_Brind'Amour) (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player

- [Roderick Chadwick](/source/Roderick_Chadwick) (born 1978), England classical pianist

- [Roderick Chisholm](/source/Roderick_Chisholm) (1916–1999), American philosopher

- [Roderick Coyne](/source/Roderick_Coyne) (born 1945), English artist, sculptor

- [Roderick Firth](/source/Roderick_Firth) (1917–1987), Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University

- [Roderick "Roddy" Frame](/source/Roddy_Frame) (born 1964), Scottish singer, songwriter and musician

- [Roderic Hill](/source/Roderic_Hill) (1894-1954), senior Royal Air Force commander, one of the principal commanders of [Operation Steinbock](/source/Operation_Steinbock) and [1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine](/source/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine)

- [Roderick Hunt](/source/Roderick_Hunt), British children's author

- [Roderick Johnson](/source/Roderick_Johnson) (born 1995), American football player

- [Roderick Lewis](/source/Roderick_Lewis) (born 1971), American football player

- [Roderick MacKinnon](/source/Roderick_MacKinnon) (born 1956), professor of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics at Rockefeller University

- [Roderick Miranda](/source/Roderick_Miranda) (born 1991), Portuguese footballer

- [Roderick Murchison](/source/Roderick_Murchison) (1792–1871), Scottish geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian system

- [Roderick R. Allen](/source/Roderick_R._Allen) (1894–1970), Major General in the United States Army

- [Roderick R. Butler](/source/Roderick_R._Butler) (1827-1902), American politician

- [Roddy Ricch](/source/Roddy_Ricch) (born 1998), real name Roderick Wayne Moore Jr., American rapper

- [Roderick Robinson II](/source/Roderick_Robinson_II) (born 2004), American football player

- [Roderick "Rod" Stewart](/source/Rod_Stewart) (born 1945), English singer/songwriter

- [Roderick Strong](/source/Roderick_Strong) (born 1983), American professional wrestler

- [Roderick Toombs](/source/Roderick_Toombs) or Roddy Piper (1954–2015), Canadian retired professional wrestler and film actor

- [Roderick Watson](/source/Roderick_Watson) (born 1943), Scottish poet, born in Aberdeen

- [Roderick Williams](/source/Roderick_Williams) (born 1965), English operatic baritone

- [Rodric Williams](/source/Rodric_Williams), British solicitor

### Fictional characters

- [Roderick Alleyn](/source/Roderick_Alleyn), a fictional detective created by *[Ngaio Marsh](/source/Ngaio_Marsh)*.

- Rodrick Heffley, a fictional character in the children's book series *[Diary of a Wimpy Kid](/source/Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid).*

- Roderick Kingsey, also known as [Hobgoblin](/source/Hobgoblin_(comics)) a supervillain in [Marvel Comics](/source/Marvel_Comics)

- Roderick Random, protagonist of the 1748 novel *[The Adventures of Roderick Random](/source/The_Adventures_of_Roderick_Random)*, by Tobias Smollett

- [Roderick Spode](/source/Roderick_Spode), recurring fictional character from the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse

- Roderick Usher, from [Edgar Allan Poe](/source/Edgar_Allan_Poe)'s short story *[The Fall of the House of Usher](/source/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher)*.

- Roderich Edelstein, also known as Austria from the 2009 anime *[Hetalia](/source/Hetalia)*

## Modern surname

See also [Rodriguez](/source/Rodr%C3%ADguez_(surname)) and [Rodrigues](/source/Rodrigues).

- [Aaron Roderick](/source/Aaron_Roderick) (born 1972), offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Brigham Young University Cougars football team

- [Brande Roderick](/source/Brande_Roderick) (born 1974), American model and actress

- [Buckley Roderick](/source/Buckley_Roderick) (1862–1908), Welsh solicitor, international rugby union forward and a Vice-Consular for Spain

- [Caerwyn Roderick](/source/Caerwyn_Roderick) (1927–2011), British Labour Party politician

- [Casey Roderick](/source/Casey_Roderick) (born 1992), American stock car racing driver

- [David Roderick](/source/David_Roderick) (born 1970), award-winning American poet, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

- [George H. Roderick](/source/George_H._Roderick) (1880–1963), official in the United States Department of the Army during the Eisenhower Administration

- [Gerald Roderick](/source/Gerald_Roderick) (1924-1998), American politician from Missouri

- [Jane Roderick](/source/Jane_Roderick), British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1980s

- [John Roderick (American football)](/source/John_Roderick_(American_football)) (born 1944), former professional American football wide receiver

- [John Roderick (correspondent)](/source/John_Roderick_(correspondent)) (1914–2008), American journalist, foreign correspondent for the Associated Press news service

- [John Roderick (musician)](/source/John_Roderick_(musician)) (born 1968), American musician and writer

- [Judy Roderick](/source/Judy_Roderick) (1942–1992), American blues singer and songwriter

- [Libby Roderick](/source/Libby_Roderick) (born 1958), American singer/songwriter, recording artist, poet, activist, and teacher

- [Matt Von Roderick](/source/Matt_Von_Roderick) (born 1974), American trumpeter, singer and recording artist

- [Myron Roderick](/source/Myron_Roderick) (1934–2011), American wrestler

- [Philip Roderick](/source/Philip_Roderick), British Anglican priest, founder of the Quiet Garden Movement

- [Richard Roderick](/source/Richard_Roderick) (died 1756), British editor and poet

- [Rick Roderick](/source/Rick_Roderick) (1949–2002), American professor of philosophy

## Other

- Roderick, favorite horse of [Nathan Bedford Forrest](/source/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest), Confederate general in the American Civil War

- [Kenneth Roderick O'Neal](/source/Kenneth_Roderick_O'Neal) (1908–1989), African-American architect

- [Spencer Buford House](/source/Spencer_Buford_House), historic house listed on the NRHP in Williamson County, Tennessee, known also as *Roderick* for Nathan Bedford Forrest's horse

- [Roderick (novel)](/source/Roderick_(novel)), 1980 science fiction novel by John Sladek

- [16194 Roderick](/source/16194_Roderick) (2000 AJ231), main-belt asteroid

## See also

- [Roderic](/source/Roderic)

- [Rodrick (disambiguation)](/source/Rodrick_(disambiguation))

- [Rodrigo](/source/Rodrigo)

- [Rodríguez (surname)](/source/Rodr%C3%ADguez_(surname))

- [Rurik](/source/Rurik)

- [Broderick](/source/Broderick)

- [Germanic names](/source/Germanic_names)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Förstemann, *Altdeutsches Namenbuch* (1856), [740](https://archive.org/stream/altdeutschesnam00frgoog#page/n392/mode/2up).

## External links

- [Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn](https://web.archive.org/web/20070502131624/http://www.sofi.se/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=1642)

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