First name origin & meaning:
German: Famous one
First name variations: Rodrick, Broderick, Rodrigo, Roderich, Rodney, Rod, Rodd, Roddy, Rodman, Rodmond, Rory, Rick, Ricky, Roderick
Last name origins & meanings:
- Jewish (Sephardic): shortened form of Rodriguez.
- French: of Spanish or Portuguese origin (see
- Rodrigue is a frequent name in LA, where the present families claim
descent from Jean-Baptiste Rodrigue, a French Canadian from Quebec,
who settled in LA in the 1760s. However, the earliest documented
Rodrigue (or Rodrigues) in Canada (1671) was of Portuguese descent.
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