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Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name '' Roderick'' (
Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
''*Hroþareiks'', via Latinized ''Rodericus'' or ''Rudericus''), given specifically in reference to either King Roderic (d. 712), the last Visigothic ruler or to Saint Roderick (d. 857), one of the Martyrs of Córdoba (feast day
13 March Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...
). The modern given name has the short forms ''Ruy, Rui'', and in Galician ''Roi''. The name is very frequently given in Portugal; it was the most popularly given masculine name in 2011–2012, and during 2013–2016 ranked between 4th and 2nd most popular. It is also moderately popular in Spain, ranking between 30th and 60th most popular during 2002–2015.


History

The form ''Rodrigo'' becomes current in the later medieval period. It is recorded in the '' Cantar de Mio Cid'', written c. 1200, as the name of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043–1099, known as ''
El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ''al-sīd'', which would evolve into El ...
Campeador'').v. 467 ('' Destierro del Cid''): ''Mio Çid don Rodrigo'' And Don Rodrigo king of visigoths (688-711), in the Spanish Visigothic Kingdom. * Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (c. 1170 – 1247) was a Navarrese-born Castilian bishop and historian. *Rodrigo Lanzol Borja (1431–1503) was the birth name of
Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI ( it, Alessandro VI, va, Alexandre VI, es, Alejandro VI; born Rodrigo de Borja; ca-valencia, Roderic Llançol i de Borja ; es, Rodrigo Lanzol y de Borja, lang ; 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Churc ...
(r. 1492–1503). * Rodrigo de Triana was the name of the Spanish sailor to have first sighted the New World (i.e., the island of Guanahani) on Columbus' first voyage (on 12 October 1492). * Rodrigo López (c. 1525–1594) was a physician to
Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elisabeth or Elizabeth the Queen may refer to: Queens regnant * Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), Queen of England and Ireland * Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022 ...
. * Rodrigo de la Guitarra was a medieval Spanish musician


Modern given name

* Rodrigo Soares (born 1992), Brazilian footballer known as Rodrigo * Rodrigo Blankenship (born 1997), American football player * Rodrigo Tiuí, Brazilian footballer * Rodrigo (musician) (1973–2000), Argentine singer * Rodrigo de la Cadena (born 1988), Mexican singer and performing artist * Rodrigo Damm (born 1980), Brazilian mixed martial artist *
Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
(born 1945), Filipino politician and 16th President of the Philippines (2016-2022) * Rodrigo González (Mexican musician) (1950–1985), Mexican musician also known as "Rockdrigo" González *
Rodrigo González (swimmer) Rodrigo González Sesma (born March 13, 1968 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico) is a retired Olympic freestyle swimmer. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. International competitions Summer Olympics The first was the 1988 Summer Ol ...
(born 1968), Mexican freestyle swimmer *
Rodrigo Gracie Rodrigo Gracie (born March 11, 1974) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. A member of the famous Gracie family, Rodrigo is a 6th Degree Black Belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and a Gold Medalist in t ...
(born 1975), a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist * Rodrigo Beckham (born 1976), Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo Masias Rodrigo Masias (born March 11, 1981), is a Peruvian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Regatas Lima club of the Liga de Basket de Lima. He represented Peru's national basketball team at the 2016 South American Basketball ...
(born 1981), Peruvian basketball player *
Rodrigo Moreno (athlete) Rodrigo Moreno Munar (born April 29, 1966 in Bogotá, Distrito Capital) is a retired male race walker from Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North Ameri ...
(born 1966), Colombian race walker *
Rodrigo Núñez Rodrigo Fabián Núñez Ortiz (born 5 February 1977) is a Chilean football former midfielder. International career He made his debut for the Chile national football team on February 9, 2000. He obtained a total number of six caps for his nativ ...
, Chilean footballer *
Rodrigo Chagas Rodrigo José Queiroz Chagas (born 19 March 1973 in Rio de Janeiro), known as Rodrigo Chagas or just Rodrigo, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as either a defensive midfielder or right-back. At international level, ...
, Brazilian footballer * Rodrigo Gral, Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo Lindoso Rodrigo Oliveira Lindoso (born 6 June 1989) is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer. Club career Madureira and loans Born in São Luís, Maranhão, Lindoso was a Madureira Esporte Clube, Madureira youth graduate. He made hi ...
, Brazilian footballer * Rodrigo Tosi, Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigão (footballer, born 1995) Rodrigo de Souza Prado (born 11 September 1995), simply known as Rodrigão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, as a centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield posit ...
, Brazilian footballer * Rodrigo (footballer, born 1897), Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo (footballer, born 1971) Rodrigo Martins Vaz, known as Rodrigo (born 24 May 1971), is a retired Brazilian footballer. Rodrigo played for several clubs in Finnish Veikkausliiga and one season for USM Blida in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He played a total of 1 ...
, Brazilian footballer * Rodrigo (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo (footballer, born 1979) Rodrigo Nunes de Oliveira (born January 11, 1979) is a former Brazilian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the ...
, Brazilian footballer * Rodrigo (footballer, born August 1980), Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo (footballer, born October 1980) Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos (born 6 October 1980), also known as Ferrugem in Brazil, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Rodrigo was born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. His previous clubs includ ...
, Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo (footballer, born 1985) Rodrigo Leandro da Costa (; born 17 September 1985), known as Rodrigo, is a Brazilian footballer. In January 2013, Rodrigo joined Korean K League Classic side Busan IPark. He made his debut for IPark on 10 March 2013 against Gyeongnam FC and h ...
, Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo (footballer, born 1987) Rodrigo Fagundes Freitas (born 10 Match 1987), known as Rodrigo Fagundes or simply Rodrigo is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Criciúma Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it i ...
, Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo (footballer, born 1991) Rodrigo Moreno Machado (; born 6 March 1991), known as Rodrigo, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Premier League club Leeds United and the Spain national team. He started his career with Real Madrid, appearin ...
, Brazilian-born Spanish footballer *
Rodrigo (footballer, born 1994) Rodrigo Vasconcelos Oliveira (born 11 February 1994), simply known as Rodrigo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Tombense as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Rodrigo graduated with Goiás' youth setup ...
, Brazilian footballer *
Rodrigo (footballer, born 1999) Rodrigo Guimarães Santos (born 6 April 1999), commonly known as Rodrigo, is a Brazilian association football, footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Paraná Soccer Technical Center, PSTC. Career statistics Club ;Notes Referen ...
, Brazilian footballer * Rodrigo (beach soccer player), born 1993, Brazilian beach soccer player *
Rodrigo Lima Rodrigo Lima (born May 9, 1991) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in Bellator's bantamweight division, as well as in smaller promotions. Mixed martial arts career Early career: ''Watch Out Combat Show'' Lima started his profes ...
(born 1991), Brazilian mixed martial artist *
Rodrigo Lima (footballer) Rodrigo Filipe Carreiro Lima (born 2 March 1999) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwegian club Florø. Club career Lima started his senior career with Braga B, before moving to Torreense. On 1 August ...
(born 1999), Cape Verdean footballer *
Rodrigo Pesántez Rodas Rodrigo Abelardo Pesántez Rodas (25 July 1937 – 2 April 2020) was an Ecuadorian writer and poet. Personal life Pesántez Rodas was born in Azogues. He died on 2 April 2020, in Guayaquil, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pande ...
(1937–2020), Ecuadorian poet and writer * Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor *
Rodrigo dos Santos Rodrigo Prujanski dos Santos (born September 18, 1981 in Rio de Janeiro) is a water polo Player (game), player from Brazil. Nicknamed Shalom he competed in two consecutive Pan American Games for his native country, starting in 2003. Dos Santos wo ...
, Brazilian water polo player * Rodrigo Augusto da Silva (1833–1889), Brazilian senator that cosigned the Golden law (Lei Aurea) * Rodri (footballer, born 1996), Spanish footballer


Modern surname

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América del Pilar Rodrigo América del Pilar Rodrigo was an Argentinian botanist and explorer. Born in the early 20th century, she received a doctorate in botany from the National University of La Plata, and notably worked to classify genera of the family Malvaceae and oth ...
, Argentinian botanist who used the standard botanical abbreviation "Rodrigo" *
Chandimanthu Rodrigo Chandimanthu Rodrigo (born 7 September 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his List A debut for Anuradhaura District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament on 22 March 2017. He made his first-class debut for Bloomfield Cricket and ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer *
Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo (born 5 October 1968) is the 16th and current Anglican Bishop of Colombo. Early life Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo was born in Trincomalee on 5 October 1968, the son of Arthur William Rodrigo and Ruth Adlene De Alwis, hi ...
(born 1968), Sri Lankan Sinhala Anglican cleric, Anglican Bishop of Colombo * Granville Rodrigo, Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and vocalist * Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer *
José Sisto Rodrigo José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...
, Commissioner of Guam *
Lakshan Rodrigo Lakshan Rodrigo (born 19 May 1987) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Lankan Cricket Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament The 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer * Lasantha Rodrigo, Sri Lankan cricketer * Mahesh Rodrigo, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer and rugby player *
Malcolm Rodrigo Malcolm Rodrigo was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Antonians. Rodrigo made two appearances during the 1992/93 Saravanamuttu Trophy competition, though he took little part i ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer *
Manoj Rodrigo Manoj Rodrigo (born Warnakulasooriya Edrian Manoj Srikantha Rodrigo on 1 November 1983) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club. He was born in Chila ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer *
Nalin Rodrigo Jayatissa Nalin Rodrigo was a Sri Lankan Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Surgeon, Medical Teacher and Medical Administrator., Family, early life and education Rodrigo was a great-grandson Sir Charles Henry de Soysa. His father Professor J. L. ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala obstetrician, gynecologist, surgeon, medical teacher and medical administrator * Olivia Rodrigo (born 2003), American actress and singer *
Philip Rodrigo Sir Senaipathige Theobald Philip Rodrigo, OBE (known as Sir Philip Rodrigo) was a Ceylonese businessmen and philanthropist. He was a member of the Senate of Ceylon. In July 1947, under the Sinhala Welenda Mandalaya Ordinance which established th ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician *
Sandaruwan Rodrigo Sandaruwan Rodrigo (born 1 June 1997) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Negombo Cricket Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament The 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was hel ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer *
Sanjaya Rodrigo Sanjaya Rodrigo (born 27 February 1979) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for several domestic teams in Sri Lanka between 1998 and 2006. He was also a part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cu ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer * Teresa Rodrigo (1956–2020), Spanish scientist spcailizing in particle physics *Thome Rodrigo (c. mid-1500s), Sri Lankan Sinhala
Karava Karava () is a Sinhalese speaking ethnic group of Sri Lanka, whose ancestors from ancient times migrated from the Coromandel coast, claiming lineage to the Kaurava royalty of the old Kingdom of Kuru in Northern India. The Tamil equivalent is Kar ...
noble, signatory of the Convention of Malvana between the
Kingdom of Portugal The Kingdom of Portugal ( la, Regnum Portugalliae, pt, Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also kno ...
and the
Kingdom of Kotte The Kingdom of Kotte ( si, කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, Kottay Rajadhaniya), named after its capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Kotte, was a Sinhala kingdom, Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th cent ...


See also

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Rodrigues (disambiguation) Rodrigues is an island in the Indian Ocean, administratively part of Mauritius. Rodrigues may also refer to: Places *Rodrigues Triple Junction, a tectonic triple junction near Rodrigues * Rodrigues College, a secondary school on Rodrigues *Fr. Con ...
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Rodriguez (disambiguation) Rodriguez ( in Peninsular Spain or in Latin America) is a Hispanic surname meaning "son of Rodrigo". It is often rendered without the accent mark, primarily outside Spanish-speaking countries. It may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Rodríguez (surnam ...
* Rodriguinho (disambiguation)


References

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