Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rodrique 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 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rodrique 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
Rodrique through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 7 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 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020; 180 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.
Rodrique’s family of names
Rodrique has a related form in Roderick.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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