Given name & surname · also American
Hodge
“one who is confident”
Hodge is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is confident.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is confident.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with American and English naming traditions.
How it developed
Hodge is used as a form of Roger.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Hodge 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
Hodge through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 68 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020; 50,700 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.
Hodge’s family of names
In English usage, Hodge has a diminutive in HODGEN. In English usage, Hodge as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Roger. Hodge has a related form in Hodges.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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