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| gender = Male

| meaning = "fame/glory/great" + "reiks, king, ruler, leader"

| region = [[Northern Europe]]; [[Visigothic kingdomKingdom]]

| origin = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]

| alternative spelling =

| nickname =

| variant forms = Hrœrekr, Hrærekur, Rœrekr, Rorich, [[Rorik]], [[Rurik (given name)|Rurik]], Rúrik, Rurich, [[Roddy]], [[Rodrick (disambiguation)|Rodrick]], Roderic, Roderich, Rodric, Ruodrich, Chrodericus, Hrodericus, Rodericus, Ludhriq, [[Rodrigo]], Rhoderick

| related names =

| name day = [[March 13]]

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'''Roderick''', '''Rodrick''' or '''Roderic''' ([[Proto-Germanic]] ''{{lang|gem-x-proto|*[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Hrōþirīks|Hrōþirīks]]''}}, from ''{{lang|gem-x-proto|*[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrōþiz|hrōþiz]]''}}, "{{lit|fame, glory"}} + ''{{lang|gem-x-proto|*[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīks|ríks]]''}}, "{{gloss|king, ruler"}}) is a [[Germanic name]], recorded from the 8th century onward.<ref>Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856), [https://archive.org/stream/altdeutschesnam00frgoog#page/n392/mode/2up 740].</ref> Its [[Old High German]] forms are ''{{lang|goh|Hrodric}}, {{lang|goh|Chrodericus}}, {{lang|goh|Hroderich}}, {{lang|goh|Roderich}}, {{lang|goh|Ruodrich''}}, ({{abbr|etc.)|et cetera}}; in [[Gothic language]] ''{{lang|got|Hrōþireiks''}}; in [[Old English language]] it appears as ''{{lang|ang|Hrēðrīc''}} or ''{{lang|ang|Hroðrīc''}}, and in [[Old Norse]] as ''{{lang|non|Hrǿríkʀ''}} ([[Old East Norse]] ''{{lang|non|Hrø̄rīkʀ''}}, ''{{lang|non|Rø̄rīkʀ''}}, [[Old West Norse]] as ''{{lang|non|Hrœrekr}}, {{lang|non|Rœrekr''}}).

In the 12th-century ''[[Primary chronicleChronicle]]'', the name is reflected as {{lang|cu|Рюрикъ}}, i.e. ''[[Rurik (given name)|Rurik]]''. In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], it was rendered as ''[[Rodrigo]]'', or in its short form, ''Ruy, Rui, or RuizRui'', and in [[Galician language|Galician]], the name is ''Roy'' or ''Roi''. In [[Arabic]], the form ''Ludhriq''{{translit|ar|Ludharīq}} (لذريق{{lang|ar|لُذَرِيق‎}}), used to refer [[Roderic]] ([[Ulfilas|Ulfilan]] Gothic ''{{langx|got|*Hroþareiks''}}), the last king of the Visigoths. [[Saint Roderick]] (d. {{died-in|857}}) is one of the [[Martyrs of Córdoba]].

The modern English name does not continue the Anglo-Saxon form but was re-introduced from the continent by the [[NormanNormans]] in [[England in the High Middle Ages|Normansmedieval England]]. The [[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]]'s poem ''[[The Vision of Don Roderick]]'' (1811), where ''Roderick'' refers to the [[Roderic|Visigothic king]]. The modern English name is sometimes abbreviated to [[Roddy]].

''Roderick'' is also an [[Anglicisation]] of several unrelated names. As a surname and given name it is used as an anglicised form of the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''{{lang|cy|[[Rhydderch (disambiguation)|Rhydderch]]''}}. The given name ''Roderick'' is also used as an anglicised form of the [[Gaelic languages|Gaelic]] personal name [[Rory]] ({{langx|ga|''Ruaidhrí''/''}}, {{lang|ga|Ruairí''/''}}; {{langx|gd|Ruairidh''/''}}, {{lang|gd|Ruaraidh'']]}}).

==Medieval period==

*[[Hreðric and Hroðmund|Hreðric]], king [[Hroðgar]]'s son in ''[[Beowulf]]'', who has various counterparts named ''Rørik'' and ''Hrœrekr'' in [[Norse mythology]]

*[[Hrœrekr Ringslinger]] (''Rørik Slængeborræ'' or ''Rørik Slyngebond''), mythological king in what is today Denmark. Father of Queen Gertrude, the prototype of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s Prince [[Hamlet]], possibly mixed up with the Viking founderprince of Novgorod and the Kyivan Rus’, [[Rurik]]; or the same person.

*[[Roderic]], 8th-century [[king of the Visigoths]] in Visigothic Kingdom of Spain.

*[[Rorik of Dorestad]], chieftain who ruled Frisia, in the 9th century

*[[Rurik]], 9th-century founderprince of [[Novgorod]] and the [[Kievan Rus]], known as ''Hrøríkr'' of ''Holmgard,'' in Norse literature, [[Varangian]] [[viking]] [[King]].

*[[Saint Roderick]] (d. 857), one of the [[Martyrs of Córdoba]].

*[[Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar]] (c. 1043–1099), better known as [[El Cid]], or simply Rodrigo, was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain.

*[[Rorich von Scheidt|Rorich von Scheidt genaant Weschpfennig]] (1515-1565), German nobleman who was Lord of [[Scheidt, Rhineland-Palatinate|Scheidt]], [[Bröl]], [[Lohmar]], among various estates, and served as Landjäegermeister for the Blankenberg office. He was father of [[Wilhelm von Scheid|Wilhelm von Scheidt]].

*[[S Uciredor]] ("Rodericus" spelled backwards), Medieval composer

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*[[Roderick Anderson]] (born 1972), American basketball player

*[[Roderick Beaton]], British Hellenist

*[[Rory Bremner|Roderick "Rory" Bremner]] (b. 1961), British impressionist

*[[Roderick Bowe]], Bahamian military officer and the 6th commodore of the [[Royal Bahamas Defence Force]]

*[[Rod Brind'Amour|Roderic "Rod" Brind'Amour]] (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player

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*[[Roderick Lewis]] (born 1971), American football player

*[[Roderick MacKinnon]] (born 1956), professor of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics at Rockefeller University

*[[Roderick Miranda]] (born 1991), Portuguese footballer

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

*[[Roderick R. Allen]] (1894–1970), Major General in the United States Army

*[[Roderick R. Butler]] (1827-1902), American politician

*[[Roddy Ricch]] (born 1998), real name Roderick Wayne Moore Jr., American rapper

*[[Rory Bremner|Roderick "Rory"Robinson BremnerII]] (b.born 19612004), BritishAmerican football impressionistplayer

*[[Rod Stewart|Roderick "Rod" Stewart]] (born 1945), English Singersinger/songwriter

*[[Roderick Strong]] (born 1983), American professional wrestler

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

*[[Roderick Watson]] (born 1943), Scottish poet, born in Aberdeen

*[[Roderick Williams]] (born 1965), English operatic baritone

*[[Rodric Williams]], British solicitor

===Fictional characters===

*[[Roderick Alleyn]], a fictional detective created by ''[[ Ngaio Marsh]]''.

*Rodrick Heffley, a fictional character in the children's book series ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]].''

*Roderick Kingsey, also known as [[Hobgoblin (comics)|Hobgoblin]] a supervillain in [[Marvel Comics]]

*Roderick Usher, from [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]''.

*Roderick Random, protagonist of the 1748 novel ''[[The Adventures of Roderick Random]]'', by Tobias Smollett

*[[Roderick Spode]], recurring fictional character from the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse

*Roderick Usher, from [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]''.

==Modern surname==

See also [[Rodríguez (surname)|Rodriguez]] and [[Rodrigues]].

*[[Aaron Roderick]] (born 1972), wide receivers coach for the University of Utah Utes football team

*[[Brande Roderick]] (born 1974), American model and actress

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

*[[Caerwyn Roderick]] (born 19271927–2011), British Labour Party politician

*[[Casey Roderick]] (born 1992), American stock car racing driver

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

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*[[Richard Roderick]] (died 1756), British editor and poet

*[[Rick Roderick]] (1949–2002), American professor of philosophy

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==Other==

*Roderick, favorite horse of [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]], Confederate general in the American Civil War

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

*[[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)]], 1980 science fiction novel by John Sladek

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*[[Rodrick (disambiguation)]]

*[[Rodrigo]]

*[[RodriguezRodríguez (surname)]]

*[[Rurik]]

*[[Broderick]]

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==External links==

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

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