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 Russian: 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).
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 a an Anglicised form of the Gaelic personal name Ruaidhrí/Ruairí/Ruairi/Ruairidh/Ruaraidh.
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.
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