Rodrigo

Spanish and Portuguese: from the personal name Rodrigo, from Germanic Hrōdrīc (a compound of hrōd ‘renown’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’); it was borne by the last of the Visigoth kings and is one of the most important Spanish personal names of Germanic origin. This surname is also found in some former Portuguese territories of western India.

GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 27%; Indian 6%. Manuel (4), Elena (2), Rafael (2), Alfonso, Alicia, Angel, Araceli, Benardo, Carlos, Carlota, Cristina, Emilio; Devi, Dileep, Dilip, Gamini, Mahendra, Manoj, Sunil, Tilak.

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