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Rodney
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Origin and Meaning
English name
Originally a transferred use of the surname, but independent use as a given name since the 18th century in England. The surname derives from an unidentified place on the borders of Somerset and Wilts. [1] [2] [3]
The Old English place name is of unknown meaning, maybe 'Hroda's island' (combination of HROD and EY) [4]
Related Names
| Rodney | ♂ |   |
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| Rodny | ♂ |   |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Rodney |
| Genitive: | Rodneys |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Rodney |
| Genitive: | Rodneyn |
| Partitive: | Rodneyta |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Rodney |
| Genitive: | Rodneys |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Rodney |
| Genitive: | Rodneys |
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[5] |
|
3 | 5 | 108 | 232 |
| Norway[6] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 61 | n.a. |
| Denmark[7] |
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0 | n.a. | 21 | n.a. |
| Finland[8] |
|
0 | 0 | n.a. | 58 |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Rodney.
References
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ P. H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson: Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (2005)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi