Boy name origins & meanings
- English : Broad ridge
- German : Famous one
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Roderick
Family name origins & meanings
- English : from the personal name Hrōdrīc, composed of hrōd ‘renown’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’, Old Norse form Hroþrekr. This name was in use among the Normans in the form Rodric, but was not frequent in the medieval period.
- Welsh : Anglicized form of the personal name Rhydderch, originally a byname meaning ‘reddish brown’.