roderick

{{Infobox given name

| name = Roderick

| image = File:Rodéric (roi wisigoth).jpg

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| caption = Romantic painting of Visigothic king of Spain. Bernardo Blanco y Pérez (Museo del Prado) Roderic

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| gender = Male

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

| region = Northern Europe; Visigothic Kingdom

| origin = Germanic

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| variant forms = Hrœrekr, Hrærekur, Rœrekr, Rorich, Rorik, Rurik, Rúrik, Rurich, Roddy, Rodrick, Roderic, Roderich, Rodric, Ruodrich, Chrodericus, Hrodericus, Rodericus, Ludhriq, Rodrigo, Rhoderick

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| name day = March 13

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Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic (Proto-Germanic {{lang|gem-x-proto|*Hrōþirīks}}, from {{lang|gem-x-proto|*hrōþiz}}, {{lit|fame, glory}} + {{lang|gem-x-proto|*ríks}}, {{gloss|king, ruler}}) is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward.Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856), [https://archive.org/stream/altdeutschesnam00frgoog#page/n392/mode/2up 740]. 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 and Portuguese, it was rendered as Rodrigo, or in its short form, Ruy or Rui, and in Galician, the name is Roy or Roi. In Arabic, the form {{translit|ar|Ludharīq}} ({{lang|ar|لُذَرِيق‎}}), used to refer Roderic (Ulfilan {{langx|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 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 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 {{lang|cy|Rhydderch}}. The given name Roderick is also used as an anglicised form of the Gaelic personal name Rory ({{langx|ga|Ruaidhrí}}, {{lang|ga|Ruairí}}; {{langx|gd|Ruairidh}}, {{lang|gd|Ruaraidh}}).

Medieval period

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 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.
Rorich von Scheidt genaant Weschpfennig (1515-1565), German nobleman who was Lord of Scheidt, Bröl, Lohmar, amoung various estates, and served as Landjäegermeister for the Blankenberg office. He was father of Wilhelm von Scheidt.
S Uciredor ("Rodericus" spelled backwards), Medieval composer

Modern given name

=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 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

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