Roderick
given name · Latin script
Meaning: (i) From Norman Rodric, Germanic, literally ‘fame-power’; (ii) from Welsh Rhydderch, literally ‘reddish-brown’ or ‘very famous’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɒdəɹɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Roderick is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 5.9K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 7.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 485 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- NormanRodric(measured from records)
- WelshRhydderch(measured from records)
(i) From Norman Rodric, Germanic, literally ‘fame-power’; (ii) from Welsh Rhydderch, literally ‘reddish-brown’ or ‘very famous’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Roderick, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Roderick counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Roderick | 15 |
| PH Philippines | #309 | ≈71,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Roderick | 120 |
| US United States | #798 | 32,175 | 1 in 10K | 32K | Roderick | 485 |
| GB United Kingdom | #560 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | 3 | Roderick | 217 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Roderick | 57 |
| NL Netherlands | #976 | 2,265 | 1 in 7.6K | 2.3K | Roderick | 95 |
| NZ New Zealand | #448 | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | 10 | Roderick | 66 |
| MT Malta | #132 | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Roderick | 54 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Roderick is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, Germanic ‘fame rule’; used in Ireland to anglicise Rory.
as a nameIrish first names
Germanic, ‘fame rule’. Aname used in Ireland to anglicise Rory.
as a nameIrish first names
In English, A male given name from the Germanic languages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Teutonic: famous ruler
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Roderick Murchisonb. 1792GBBritish geologist (1792-1871)
- Hilda Ellis Davidsonb. 1914GBnot in their usual nameBritish academic (1914-2006)
- Rod Paigeb. 1933USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (1933–2025)
- Roderick Thorpb. 1936USAmerican writer (1936–1999)
- Rod Stewartb. 1945GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer and songwriter (born 1945)
- Roddy Piperb. 1954CAnot in their usual nameCanadian professional wrestler (1954–2015)
- Roderick MacKinnonb. 1956USAmerican neuroscientist
- Rory Stewartb. 1973GBnot in their usual nameBritish independent politician
- Roderick Strongb. 1983USAmerican professional wrestler
- R.J. Hamptonb. 2001USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 75 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 32K | #1,210 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 2.3K | #635 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 1.4K | #1,728 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 93 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 61 | #1,210 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1989 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 6 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 3 | #727 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2004 | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Roderick?
- In the etymology graph, Rodrigo, Rui and Rory are forms of the same name in other languages; Rod is a recorded short or pet form.
- What does the name Roderick mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) From Norman Rodric, Germanic, literally ‘fame-power’; (ii) from Welsh Rhydderch, literally ‘reddish-brown’ or ‘very famous’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- Is Roderick a male or female name?
- Roderick is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Roderick?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɒdəɹɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Roderick have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 134 thousand people named Roderick in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled roderick.
- How common is the name Roderick?
- In the United States, the national register counted 32,175 people named Roderick in 2020, about 1 in 10 thousand residents.
- How common is Roderick compared with other names?
- In Malta, Roderick is the 132nd most common given name of 1,328 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/roderickThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Roderick” — the 132nd most common given name in Malta. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.