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Rodney

A male given name transferred from the surname.

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Rodney at a glance

Origin
English
Root meaning
“fame”
Pronunciation (IPA)
/ˈɹɑdni/, /ˈɹɒdni/

Etymology

From Old English placename Hrōdanīeġ, Hrōdanīġ (literally “Hroda's island”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”) and *awjō (“island”).

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What does the name Rodney mean?

A male given name transferred from the surname. Its root means "fame".

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).