Rodney Forename
2,359th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 433,601 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Rodney Forename Definition:
A male name. a Somerset surname, derived from the village of Rodney Stoke. It is now well established as a christian name, after the famous admiral, Lord Rodney (1719-92).
Rodney Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 276,045 | 1:1,313 | 284 |
| England | 100% | 23,034 | 1:2,414 | 369 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,263 | 1:2,986 | 552 |
| Australia | - | 16,504 | 1:828 | 184 |
| Philippines | 99% | 13,101 | 1:8,092 | 1,166 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,625 | 1:2,850 | 539 |
| Brazil | 100% | 7,019 | 1:30,522 | 2,530 |
| Haiti | 100% | 7,003 | 1:1,532 | 244 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 6,774 | 1:1,203 | 132 |
| Malawi | 100% | 6,726 | 1:2,544 | 477 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,372 | 1:1,621 | 330 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,116 | 1:11,251 | 1,378 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,315 | 1:8,141 | 845 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,219 | 1:6,461 | 1,054 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,812 | 1:1,613 | 350 |
| Namibia | - | 2,150 | 1:1,118 | 232 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,628 | 1:836 | 126 |
| Congo | 98% | 1,381 | 1:3,627 | 577 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,235 | 1:13,686 | 1,487 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1,028 | 1:15,004 | 1,790 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 961 | 1:7,530 | 857 |
| Zambia | - | 954 | 1:16,619 | 1,538 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 928 | 1:1,986 | 323 |
| Scotland | 100% | 768 | 1:6,967 | 574 |
| Gabon | 100% | 762 | 1:2,472 | 591 |
| Jamaica | - | 746 | 1:3,865 | 686 |
| Wales | 100% | 703 | 1:4,402 | 556 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 702 | 1:43,376 | 3,696 |
| Barbados | - | 670 | 1:433 | 95 |
| Suriname | 100% | 642 | 1:861 | 152 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 642 | 1:47,043 | 2,857 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 587 | 1:89,929 | 5,231 |
| Uganda | 99% | 565 | 1:72,490 | 3,749 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 534 | 1:1,088 | 209 |
| Bahamas | - | 512 | 1:780 | 199 |
| India | 100% | 498 | 1:2,439,514 | 119,210 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 445 | 1:23,441 | 2,090 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Peru | 98% | 432 | 1:73,591 | 3,048 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 411 | 1:11,601 | 1,026 |
| Panama | 100% | 402 | 1:9,718 | 1,315 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 399 | 1:445,023 | 14,547 |
| Ireland | 100% | 390 | 1:11,906 | 779 |
| Vanuatu | - | 345 | 1:759 | 206 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| France | 100% | 286 | 1:232,414 | 3,520 |
| Samoa | - | 274 | 1:712 | 214 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 259 | 1:602 | 191 |
| Thailand | 100% | 250 | 1:280,263 | 16,275 |
| Ecuador | - | 234 | 1:75,756 | 2,153 |
| Germany | 100% | 221 | 1:437,456 | 4,895 |
| Mexico | 99% | 209 | 1:593,992 | 6,170 |
| Malta | - | 205 | 1:2,094 | 393 |
| Colombia | 96% | 200 | 1:238,895 | 5,170 |
| Botswana | 100% | 195 | 1:11,202 | 1,558 |
| Cuba | - | 194 | 1:59,312 | 1,655 |
| Chile | 99% | 188 | 1:93,655 | 2,460 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 172 | 1:19,928 | 1,094 |
| Singapore | 100% | 162 | 1:38,809 | 6,545 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 156 | 1:103,259 | 2,237 |
| Lebanon | 94% | 152 | 1:37,023 | 2,053 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 132 | 1:45,593 | 2,318 |
| Guyana | 100% | 131 | 1:5,826 | 1,016 |
| Belize | 100% | 130 | 1:2,725 | 625 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 129 | 1:27,522 | 1,054 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 129 | 1:718 | 162 |
| Grenada | 100% | 127 | 1:851 | 152 |
| Guam | - | 126 | 1:1,275 | 283 |
| Sweden | 96% | 120 | 1:82,149 | 3,727 |
| Liberia | 100% | 119 | 1:37,076 | 2,144 |
| Honduras | 100% | 117 | 1:75,363 | 2,795 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 116 | 1:962 | 132 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 113 | 1:63,292 | 5,579 |
| China | - | 105 | 1:13,010,055 | 59,871 |
| Aruba | - | 96 | 1:1,081 | 222 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 90 | 1:117,793 | 2,732 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 82 | 1:1,338 | 275 |
| Hong Kong | - | 80 | 1:96,909 | 2,796 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Jersey | - | 73 | 1:1,370 | 291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 72 | 1:759 | 145 |
| Spain | 100% | 71 | 1:655,352 | 7,233 |
| Norway | 100% | 67 | 1:76,602 | 2,741 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:929 | 192 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 63 | 1:130,373 | 3,663 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 62 | 1:4,160,704 | 173,781 |
| Micronesia | - | 62 | 1:1,718 | 274 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 59 | 1:930 | 195 |
| Israel | 88% | 58 | 1:144,878 | 5,262 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 55 | 1:3,491 | 638 |
| Belgium | 100% | 51 | 1:225,295 | 5,220 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 50 | 1:475,394 | 27,449 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Iraq | 100% | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Italy | 100% | 48 | 1:1,272,127 | 10,311 |
| Cameroon | - | 45 | 1:480,233 | 15,734 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| Mauritius | - | 38 | 1:34,152 | 2,426 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:938 | 209 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:893 | 190 |
| Brunei | 100% | 34 | 1:12,340 | 860 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Marshall Islands | 95% | 33 | 1:1,552 | 224 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 29 | 1:201 | 52 |
| Japan | - | 28 | 1:4,570,931 | 26,844 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 27 | 1:6,586 | 1,033 |
| South Korea | - | 27 | 1:205,349 | 7,745 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Pakistan | 91% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Argentina | 100% | 21 | 1:2,036,821 | 7,601 |
| Denmark | - | 21 | 1:269,024 | 5,348 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 18 | 1:48,393 | 2,133 |
| El Salvador | - | 18 | 1:352,321 | 3,774 |
| Afghanistan | - | 17 | 1:1,919,030 | 17,461 |
| Finland | 68% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| Greece | 100% | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Palestine | 100% | 15 | 1:303,337 | 2,721 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 13 | 1:40,704 | 2,103 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 13 | 1:43,388 | 1,811 |
| Benin | - | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Russia | 100% | 9 | 1:16,025,967 | 51,277 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Georgia | - | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Jordan | 82% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Ródney (7), Rôdney (1) & Ródnéy (1) are calculated separately.
Rodney (16,899) may also be a surname.
Rodney Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a Somerset surname, derived from the village of Rodney Stoke. It is now well established as a christian name, after the famous admiral, Lord Rodney (1719-92).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M., is a ‘Christianising’ of the surname, which may be a degeneration from Rod night, A. -S. radcniht, literally, ‘road-servant,’ i. e. ‘a tenant who held his land on condition of accompanying his lord as a mounted servitor’ (Weekley, Surnames).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Famous.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Rodney Forename Popularity
Rodney Demographics
Average Male Rodney Height
176.55 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 8,398 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Rodney Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rodney in the Russian language | ||
| Родней | rodnej | - |
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