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First name origins & meanings:

  1. German: Famous one
  2. Old English: Famous one's island

First name variations: Rodrick, Broderick, Rodrigo, Roderich, Rodrigue, Rodney, Rodd, Roddy, Rodman, Rodmond, Rory, Rick, Ricky, Roddy, Roderick, Rodney

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. German: habitational name from any of several places named Rod, or a topographic name for somene who lived in a woodland clearing, from a derivative of Middle High German roden ‘to clear land for cultivation’. Compare Rhodes.
  2. Norwegian (Rød): habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named, from Old Norse ruð ‘clearing’.

Famous people with this first name: Rod Serling, Rod Stewart

This name appears in the following lists: Rock Kings and Queens, Silver Screen

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