Roderick
| Roderick | |
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 Rurik, founder of the Rurik Dynasty of the Rus', the predecessor of modern Russia. |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Germanic |
| Meaning | Glory |
| Region of origin | Northern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Hrœrekr, Rurik, Rorik, Rodrigo, Roderick, Rørik |
Roderick (from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīk(i)az), also Roderik or Roderic, is a Germanic name, in various derived forms appearing as the name of several legendary and historical characters.
The name appears in Old German as Hrodric, in Old English language as Hrēðrīc and Hroðricus, in Old East Norse as Rørik and Old West Norse as Hrœrekr. In the Primary chronicle, it appears as Russian: Рюрик, i.e. Rurik. In Spanish and Portuguese, it was rendered as Rodrigo, or in its short form, Ruy/Rui, and in Galician, the name is Roi. In Arabic, it appears as Ludhriq (لذري).
Roderick is also an Anglicisation of several unrelated names. As a surname and given name it is an Anglicised form of the Welsh Rhydderch. The given name Roderick is also an Anglicised form of the Gaelic personal name Ruaidhrí/Ruairí/Ruairi/Ruairidh/Ruaraidh.
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[edit] People named Roderick
- 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.
- Rorik of Dorestad, a chieftain who ruled Frisia, in the 9th century.
- Rurik, legendary Varangian in what is today Russia.
- Roderic, Visigothic king of 8th century Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal).
- Saint Roderick (d. 857), one of the Martyrs of Córdoba.
- Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid Campeador, Iberian chieftain of the 11th century.
[edit] Other
- Roderick, a favorite horse of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Spencer Buford House, a historic house listed on the NRHP in Williamson County, Tennessee, known also as Roderick for Nathan Bedford Forrest's horse
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See also: All pages beginning with "Roderick"
- Roderick Alleyn
- Rod Brind'Amour (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Roderick Bremner, British impressionist
- Roderick Chisholm
- Roderick Jaynes
- Roderick Long
- Roderick MacKinnon
- Roderick Murchison
- Roddy McDowall, British actor
- Roderick Spode
- Roderick Strong
- Roderick Toombs, Canadian wrestler known by his stage name, Roddy Piper
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