Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rodriquez 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 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rodriquez 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
Rodriquez through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,547
- 1,547 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,116 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,116 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 941 as a first name in 2020; 21,973 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.
Rodriquez’s family of names
Rodriquez has a related form in Roderick.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rodriquez
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Rodriquez, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“son of Rodrigo”
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“the king's advisor”
>99% boys
Ronaldo
“the king's advisor”
>99% boys
Reynaldo
“the king's advisor”
>99% boys
Rodrigues
“son of Rodrigo”
>99% boys
Renaud
“the king's advisor”
>99% boys
Basilio
“royal” · “of the royal family; a kingly man”
>99% boys
Rodolfo
“glorious wolf”
>99% boys