Roderick (name)

:"see Roderick (novel) for the novel so titled."

Roderick (from Proto-Germanic "*Hrōþirīk(i)az") is a Germanic name, in various derived forms appearing as the name of several legendary and historical characters.

The name means "famous ruler", and 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 _ru. Рюрик, i.e. "Rurik". In Spanish and Portuguese, it was rendered as "Rodrigo", or in its short form, "Ruy/Rui". In Arabic, it appears as "Ludhriq" (لذري).

People having the name:
*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.

External links

* [http://www.sofi.se/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=1642 Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn]