Given name & surname
Rody
Rody is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Tagalog and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rody is a diminutive of Rodrigo. An origin associated with Rodrigo is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Rody is a diminutive of Rodolfo.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rody through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 387
- 387 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,529 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,529 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 715 as a first name in 2020; 439 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.
Rody’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Rody is a diminutive of Rodolfo. In Cebuano usage, Rody is a diminutive of Rodrigo. In Cebuano usage, Rody is a diminutive of RODELIO.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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