Given name & surname
Rogier
“glory, honor”·“javelin, spear”
Rogier is a masculine given name from Middle Dutch, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Dutch, Middle French, and Old French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rogier is built from elements meaning “glory, honor” and “javelin, spear”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In French use, Rogier has a related form in Roger. An origin associated with Roger is Germanic.
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How it developed
In Dutch usage, Rogier developed from Rogerius.
The story
In French use, Rogier has a related form in Roger. The history of Roger gives this family its wider story. Roger’s historical bearers include members of the aristocracy.
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Rogier’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Rogier shares an earlier linguistic root with Rutger. In French usage, Rogier has a related form in Roger. In Middle French usage, Rogier has a conventional equivalent in the English form Roger.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rogier has relatives in 8 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rogier
- Rogier van der Weydenearly Netherlandish painter (c. 1399–1464)1390–1464
- Rogier BloklandDutch linguist and Professor of Finno-Ugric languages in Uppsala (born 1971)
- Rogier WassenDutch tennis playerborn 1976
- Rogier HofmanDutch field hockey playerborn 1986
- Rogier VerbeekDutch vulcanologist and paleontologist (1845-1926)
- Rogier BlinkDutch rowerborn 1982
- Rogier MolhoekDutch association football playerborn 1981
- Rogier van OtterlooDutch composer and conductor (1941-1988)
- Rogier MeijerDutch football manager and former professional footballerborn 1981
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