Given name & surname
Dodge
Dodge is used as a given name and a surname. Dodge is connected with Roger.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Dodge is used as a form of Roger.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dodge is a form of Roger. The history of Roger gives this family its wider story. Roger’s historical bearers include members of the aristocracy.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Dodge through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 681
- 681 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,430 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,430 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 660 as a first name in 2020; 21,224 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dodge’s family of names
In English usage, Dodge has a diminutive in Dodgeon. Dodge has a surname derivative in Dodgshon. Dodge is a form of Roger.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rogerfull form · English
- Dodgervariant
- Doddvariant
- Dodgeondiminutive · English
- Dodvariant · Scots
- Dudgeondiminutive · English
- Dodgindiminutive · English
- Doidgevariant · English
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dodge
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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