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{{Infobox given name
| name                 = Roderick
| image                =  File:Rodéric (roi wisigoth).jpg
| image_size           =
| caption              = Romantic painting of Visigothic king of Spain. Bernardo Blanco y Pérez (Museo del Prado) [[Roderic]] 
| pronunciation        =
| gender               = Male
| meaning              = "fame/glory/great" + "reiks, king, ruler, leader"
| region               = [[Northern Europe]]; [[Visigothic Kingdom]]
| origin               = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| alternative spelling =
| nickname             =
| variant forms        =  Hrœrekr, Hrærekur, Rœrekr, Rorik, Rurik, Rúrik, [[Roddy]], [[Rodrick (disambiguation)|Rodrick]], Roderic, Roderich,  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 Chronicle]]'', the name is reflected as  {{lang|cu|Рюрикъ}}, i.e. ''[[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]] {{lang-got|*Hroþareiks}}), the last king of the Visigoths. [[Saint Roderick]] ({{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 [[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]] ({{lang-ga|Ruaidhrí}}, {{lang|ga|Ruairí}}; {{lang-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 prince of Novgorod, [[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 prince of [[Novgorod]], 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.
*[[S Uciredor]] ("Rodericus" spelled backwards), Medieval composer

==Modern given name==
See also: ''{{lookfrom|Roderick}}''
*[[Roderick Anderson]] (born 1972), American basketball player
*[[Roderick Beaton]], British Hellenist
*[[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
*[[Roderick Chadwick]] (born 1978), England classical pianist
*[[Roderick Chisholm]] (1916–1999), American philosopher
*[[Roderick Coyne]] (born 1945), English artist, sculptor
*[[Roderick Firth]] (1917–1987), Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University
*[[Roddy Frame|Roderick "Roddy" Frame]] (born 1964), Scottish singer, songwriter and musician
*[[Roderic Hill]] (1894-1954), senior Royal Air Force commander, one of the principal commanders of [[Operation Steinbock]] and [[1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine]]
*[[Roderick Hunt]], British children's author
*[[Roderick Johnson]] (born 1995), American football player
*[[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
*[[Roderick Robinson II]] (born 2004), American football player
*[[Rory Bremner|Roderick "Rory" Bremner]] (b. 1961), British impressionist
*[[Roderick Stewart]] (born 1945) Singer/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

===Fictional characters===
*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
*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]] (1927–2011), 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
*[[George H. Roderick]] (1880–1963), official in the United States Department of the Army during the Eisenhower Administration
*[[Jane Roderick]], British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1980s
*[[John Roderick (American football)]], former professional American football wide receiver
*[[John Roderick (correspondent)]] (1914–2008), American journalist, foreign correspondent for the Associated Press news service
*[[John Roderick (musician)]], American musician and writer
*[[Judy Roderick]] (1942–1992), American blues singer and songwriter
*[[Libby Roderick]], American singer/songwriter, recording artist, poet, activist, and teacher
*[[Matt Von Roderick]] (born 1974), American trumpeter, singer and recording artist
*[[Myron Roderick]] (1934–2011), American wrestler
*[[Philip Roderick]], British Anglican priest, founder of the Quiet Garden Movement
*[[Richard Roderick]] (died 1756), British editor and poet
*[[Rick Roderick]] (1949–2002), American professor of philosophy

==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
*[[16194 Roderick]] (2000 AJ231), main-belt asteroid

==See also==
*[[Roderic]]
*[[Rodrick (disambiguation)]]
*[[Rodrigo]]
*[[Rodriguez (surname)]]
*[[Rurik]]
*[[Broderick]]
*[[Germanic names]]

==References==
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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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