Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Roderich is a variant of Roderick. An origin associated with Roderick is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Roderich is a variant of Roderick. The history of Roderick gives this family its wider story. Walter Scott’s The Vision of Don Roderick helped revive the name in the nineteenth century, using it for the Spanish king Rodrigo. Roderick has also served as an English rendering of Gaelic Ruairidh and Welsh Rhydderch, without making those names etymologically identical.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Roderich through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 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 5 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1968.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Roderich’s family of names
In German usage, Roderich has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Rodrigo. Roderich has a related form in Roderick. In German usage, Roderich has a conventional equivalent in the English form Roderick.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Roderich has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roderich
- Roderich MenzelCzechoslovak tennis player (1907–1987)
- Roderich von ErckertGerman ethnographer, cartographer and officer in Russian service (1821-1900)
- Roderich FickGerman architect (1886–1955)
- Roderich Mojsisovics von MojsvarAustrian composer and conductor (1877–1953)
- Roderich von SchoelerGerman officer1862–1935
- Roderich StintzingGerman physician (1854–1933)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Roderich, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Reggy
“the king's advisor”
>99% boys
Rodrigues
“son of Rodrigo”
>99% boys
Rodell
“a famous ruler”
99% boys · 1% girls
Rodriguez
“son of Rodrigo”
>99% boys
Rhoderick
>99% boys
Ronell
“the king's advisor”
>99% boys
Rodrick
Rodrick is a masculine given name.
>99% boys
Rolf
“a famous wolf”
>99% boys