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Roderick
RO-duh-rihk
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A masculine given name of Germanic origin, meaning "famous ruler", also used as a surname.
"Roderick was named after his great-grandfather."
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Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks, revived in English after Walter Scott used it in an 1811 poem, as a translation of Spanish Rodrigo.