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| 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
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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 Chronicle]]'', 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 or Rui'', and in [[Galician language|Galician]], the name is ''Roy'' or ''Roi''. In [[Arabic]], the form {{translit|ar|Ludharīq}} ({{lang|ar|لُذَرِيق}}), used to refer [[Roderic]] ([[Ulfilas|Ulfilan]] {{
The modern English name does not continue the Anglo-Saxon form but was re-introduced from the continent by the [[Normans]] in [[England in the High Middle Ages|medieval 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]] ({{
==Medieval period==
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*[[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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*[[Roddy Ricch]] (born 1998), real name Roderick Wayne Moore Jr., American rapper
*[[Roderick Robinson II]] (born 2004), American football player
*[[
*[[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 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
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*[[Rodrick (disambiguation)]]
*[[Rodrigo]]
*[[
*[[Rurik]]
*[[Broderick]]
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