Name: Roger
Gender: Male
Usage: Roger is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Roger are in general originating from Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Roger across the world, see Rodger.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Roger is: Fame spear.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Roger is ranked on the 117th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 4304600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.059% of the population. The name Roger has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Roger for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Roger is 7 July.
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History and Origin
Roger (sometimes spelled Rodger) is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. The name Roger is derived from the pre-7th century Anglo-Saxon (Teutonic) name Hroðgar, which means 'fame and spear' ('hroð' fame or renown, 'gar' spear), the first reference to which is in Beowulf, the epic poem of the Dark Ages.
The name is also found in the Netherlands and Normandy in the forms "Rutger" and "Rogier". The Latin form of the name is Rogerius, as used by a few medieval figures. The variant Rosser comes from a Welsh derivation of the Old Norse Rhosier meaning "renown for his sword" (or spear).
English and French: of Germanic origin, composed of the elements hrōd fame + gār, gēr spear. This, the Continental Germanic form, was introduced to Britain by the Normans, replacing the native Old English cognate Hrōðgār (see Hrothgar). Roger, Count of Sicily (c.1031–1101), son of Tancred, recovered Sicily from the Arabs. His son, also called Roger, ruled Sicily as king, presiding over a court noted for its splendour and patronage of the arts.
In modern English usage, the informal short form Rodge is occasionally encountered, but the medieval short forms Hodge and Dodge are extinct.
Variant: English: Rodger.
Cognates: Italian: Rugg(i)ero. Spanish: Rogerio. German: Rüdiger. Low German: Rötger. Dutch: Rutger. Scandinavian: Roar.
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