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Rodney

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish

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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 ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Rodny ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish Norwegian Swedish

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Rodney
Genitive: Rodneys
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Rodney
Genitive: Rodneyn
Partitive: Rodneyta
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Rodney
Genitive: Rodneys
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Rodney
Genitive: Rodneys

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[5]
109 227 3 4 106 223
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
 63 0 0
n.a.
 63
Denmark Denmark[7]
20
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 20
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[8]
2 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
58
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 58
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Rodney.


References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ P. H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson: Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (2005)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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