Rodgers

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Rodgers is a patronymic surname deriving from the given name of "Rodger" commonly used by the Normans and meaning "son of Rodger". Variant form of Rogers.

Rodgers
Pronunciation
Rogerson, Roger, Rodger, Rodgerson
[1]

The name

Old German origin and is likely derived from the Germanic name Hrodger meaning "famous spear", composed of the elements hruod "fame" and ger "spear".[2]

In England, the name Rodger could’ve derived from the pre-7th century Old English name

Anglo-Saxon
epic poem. The name was probably first introduced into England during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.

However, it is more likely that the name Rodger was introduced to England after the

Viking ancestors.[4]

The

From the Old Norse, Hroð-geirr; from the

Latin, Rodegerus, Rodeghiero; in the Domesday Book, Roger.[6][7]

It was introduced to Ireland when the Anglo-Normans invaded in the 1170s and then later in the Cromwellian invasions. However, many occurrences of it in Ireland represent an Anglicisation of Mac Ruaidhrí and Mac Ruairí in the newer and current standard spelling.[8]

The

Edward III's reign.) Over 100 years later, the name had evolved from the early Latin
versions that held either the vowel "i" or "o" to the more recent spellings we understand today. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Willelmus Rogerson and as a personal name Rogerus Smyth.

The name was "rare or absent in England north of a line drawn from the

River Humber to the River Mersey. Scattered over the rest of England and also Wales, but generally infrequent in the eastern counties, being by far the most numerous in the western half of its area. It is most common in Herefordshire and Shropshire, and also in Cornwall." This author continues "Rodger is the Scotch form, it has no definite distribution. In England we only find it occasionally, as in the case of Rodgers in Derbyshire
."

From this vantage, we explored the aforementioned "Scotch" (Scottish) origin further. In this case, many of the records were recorded in the

Gaelic-speaking people in Perthshire pronounce it Rougie and sometimes Royger. John Rodgers, born in Maryland, 1771, son of a Scots colonel of militia, fired with his own hand the first shot in the war with Great Britain
in 1812."

"The family of Rogers of Home, in

Edward II's reign) Roger de Norbury, son of Philip, and grandson of Roger de Norbury
, had a grant of the estate of Home. His son took the name of Rogers, and his posterity under that appellation have ever since resided at Home."

Roger of Salisbury (died 1139), "also called Roger the Great, bishop of Salisbury and justiciar, was of humble origin, and originally priest of a little chapel near Caen. The future king, Henry I, chanced, while riding out from Caen, to turn aside to this chapel to hear mass. Roger, guessing the temper of his audience, went through the service with such speed that they declared him the very man for a soldier's chaplain, and Henry took him into his service."[9]

Surname

Thurcroft and Dinnington, South Yorkshire

Given name

  • Rodgers Grant (1935–2012), American jazz pianist, composer, and lyricist
  • Rodgers Kola (born 1989), Zambian footballer
  • Rodgers Rop (born 1976), long-distance runner from Kenya
  • Rodgers Kamota (born 2002), Zimbabwean game developer, hobbyist guitarist

See also

References

  1. ^ 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  2. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Roger".
  3. ^ "Roger Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  4. ^ Walden, Lisa (2020-01-02). "If you have one of these 22 surnames, you could be of Viking descent". Country Living. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  5. ^ "Hroogeirr". name-doctor.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  6. ^ British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
  7. ^ "Rodgers Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  8. ; p. 529
  9. ^ "Rodgers Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. January 2000. Retrieved 2022-12-10.