Rodrigo Family History
Rodrigo Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Elena, Rafael, Alfonso, Alicia, Angel, Araceli, Benardo, Carlos, Carlota, Cristina, Emilio. Indian Devi, Dileep, Dilip, Gamini, Mahendra, Manoj, Sunil, Tilak.
Spanish and Portuguese: from the personal name Rodrigo, from ancient Germanic Hrōdrīc, a compound of hrōd ‘fame, renown’ + rīc ‘power, kingdom’. Rodrigo is one of the most important Spanish personal names of ancient Germanic origin. It was borne by the last of the Visigoth kings and by a Christian saint, Saint Roderick, one of the 9th-century martyrs of Córdoba. This surname is also found in and around some of the former Portuguese territories of western India.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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