Roderic Forename
Approximately 6,770 people bear this name
Roderic Forename Definition:
RODERICK. Northern Hrothrekr, old German Hruderich, ‘famous ruler.’ Part of its English use must be attributed to the fame of various bearers of Spanish Rodrigo, while ‘in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, Roderick has a sort of false honour, being adopted as the equivalent of the native Keltic names, the Welsh Rhydderc and the Gadhaelic Ruadh,’ as Charlotte Yonge, always scornful of such ‘honour rooted (more philologico) in dishonour’, remarks.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 100% | 2,783 | 1:38,092 | 3,075 |
| United States | 100% | 2,446 | 1:148,216 | 5,839 |
| England | 100% | 394 | 1:141,124 | 4,727 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Canada | 100% | 97 | 1:341,581 | 10,391 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 78 | 1:216,693 | 7,890 |
| South Africa | 100% | 47 | 1:1,160,269 | 42,094 |
| Spain | 100% | 45 | 1:1,033,999 | 8,832 |
| Panama | 100% | 43 | 1:90,850 | 4,674 |
| Taiwan | - | 38 | 1:625,518 | 31,167 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 35 | 1:7,719 | 883 |
| Australia | - | 30 | 1:455,254 | 7,571 |
| Chile | 100% | 29 | 1:607,145 | 6,805 |
| France | 100% | 28 | 1:2,373,941 | 12,997 |
| Scotland | 100% | 28 | 1:191,084 | 3,449 |
| Cameroon | - | 24 | 1:900,438 | 24,542 |
| Jamaica | - | 23 | 1:125,358 | 4,894 |
| Wales | 100% | 22 | 1:140,650 | 2,959 |
| Belgium | 100% | 20 | 1:574,502 | 8,765 |
| Ireland | 100% | 19 | 1:244,396 | 4,129 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 17 | 1:1,776,582 | 32,368 |
| Brazil | 100% | 16 | 1:13,389,760 | 149,801 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 16 | 1:1,903,121 | 56,176 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Benin | 100% | 14 | 1:755,417 | 21,293 |
| Mexico | 100% | 11 | 1:11,285,857 | 32,937 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Thailand | 100% | 7 | 1:10,009,402 | 140,485 |
| Singapore | 100% | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Germany | 100% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| India | - | 2 | 1:607,438,986 | 4,324,298 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Nigeria | - | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
The alternate forms: Rodéric (9) are calculated separately.
Roderic (12) may also be a surname.
Roderic Forename Meaning
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RODERICK. Northern Hrothrekr, old German Hruderich, ‘famous ruler.’ Part of its English use must be attributed to the fame of various bearers of Spanish Rodrigo, while ‘in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, Roderick has a sort of false honour, being adopted as the equivalent of the native Keltic names, the Welsh Rhydderc and the Gadhaelic Ruadh,’ as Charlotte Yonge, always scornful of such ‘honour rooted (more philologico) in dishonour’, remarks.
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