Given name & surname
Roddey
“a famous ruler”
Roddey is a variant of Rod. In English use, Rod carries the interpretation “a famous ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roddey is a variant of Rod. In English use, Rod carries the interpretation “a famous ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Roddey is a form of Roddy. Roddy probably comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roddey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1945
- 6 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 6 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 551 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.
Roddey’s family of names
Roddey has a related form in Rod. In English usage, Roddey as a surname has a related form in Roddy.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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