Roderick

Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic (Proto-Germanic , from , + , ) is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward. Its Old High German forms are , , , , , ; in Gothic language ; in Old English language it appears as or , and in Old Norse as (Old East Norse , , Old West Norse as , ).

In the 12th-century ''Primary Chronicle'', the name is reflected as , 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 (), used to refer Roderic (Ulfilan ), the last king of the Visigoths. Saint Roderick () 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 . The given name ''Roderick'' is also used as an anglicised form of the Gaelic personal name Rory (, ; , ). Provided by Wikipedia