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ˈrɒdʒ ərzrod·gers

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Rodgers, Richard Rodgersnoun

    United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979)

Wiktionary

  1. Rodgersnoun

    An English patronymic surname derived from Roger. Variant form of Rogers.

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  1. Rodgers

    Rodgers is a patronymic surname of Old English origin derived from the personal names "Roger" or “Rodger” which were popular amongst the Viking settlers of Normandy. The name simply means “son of Ro(d)ger.” Variant form of Rogers. The name Roger is of Old German origin and was derived from the Old High German name Hruodger, composed of the elements “hruod” “hrōþiz” ("fame", "renown", "honour") and “ger” “gaizaz” ("spear", "lance) thus the name roughly translates to “famous spearman” - a name given to a skilled soldier. In Normandy, the name “Roger” was reinforced by the Old Norse cognate Hróðgeirr and was very popular with the Norsemen. It was they who "borrowed" it from the Gauls they conquered, as they swept through on their long march from Scandinavia to their home in Normandy.The Normans brought the name to England, where it replaced the name "Hroðgar" (Old Norse: Hróarr). The name of a legendary Danish king, living in the early 6th century mentioned in Beowulf, Widsith, and also in Norse sagas. According to a 2020 study, those with the surname are more likely to have Viking ancestors.From the Old Norse, Hroð-geirr; from the Danish, Roedeger, Rodgers; from the Flemish, Roger; from the French, Rogier; from the German, Roger; in the Domesday Book, Roger.The surname Rodgers was first found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 as Adam filius Rogeri in Lincolnshire; and Robert filius Rogeri in Norfolk. Kirby's Quest of Somerset listed Waltero Rogero in Somerset, 1 Edward III (during the first year of 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 Anglo-Saxon or English version rather than the previous entries that had the Latin form. "Roger was appointed abbot of Dryburgh in 1152. Roger, son of Oggou, attested a deed of middle of thirteenth century. William Roger was tenant of the abbot of Coupar-Angus in 1468." Black continues "Rodgers is the more common form with Scots. Rogers, in some parts of central Scotland, is pronounced Rodgie, and some 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 Shropshire, are a cadet of the Norburys of Norbury in that county. In 7. Edward II., (seventh year of 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."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.

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  1. rodgers

    "Rodgers" is typically a surname of English origin. It is patronymic from the personal name "Rodger", which was introduced by the Normans in the form Rog(i)er. The name "Roger" is composed from Germanic elements "hrod" (renown) and "geri" (spear). The surname Rodgers may also refer to various personalities, like Richard Rodgers, an American composer, and Aaron Rodgers, an American football quarterback.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RODGERS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rodgers is ranked #428 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rodgers surname appeared 76,095 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 26 would have the surname Rodgers.

    70.1% or 53,381 total occurrences were White.
    23.8% or 18,141 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 2,047 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.2% or 1,689 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 487 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 350 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rodgers in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rodgers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Rodgers in a Sentence

  1. Dak Prescott:

    You watch the stuff Aaron Rodgers's done in the past, the stuff Aaron Rodgers's doing today, Aaron Rodgers's definitely somebody any quarterback can learn from.

  2. Bob Dylan:

    Leon Redbonecrossed went on to put out 16 more records. Leon Redbonecrossed career got a boost in the early 1970s when Bob Dylan met Bob Dylan at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Ontario, Canada, and praised Leon Redbonecrossed performance. Bob Dylan said that if Bob Dylan ever started a label, Bob Dylan would have signed Leon Redbonecrossed. Leon interests me, ive heard hes anywhere from 25 to 60, Ive been( a foot and a half from him) and I cant tell, but you got ta see him. He does old Jimmie Rodgers, then turns around and does a Robert Johnson.

  3. Cynthia Lummis:

    Let me suggest that it is harder for women in the Utah Republican conference than it is in the Democratic conference, because Democrats at this point in their history are fixated on identity politics, if you are black, Hispanic, Asian... you are cultivated within the Democratic ranks because of their current fixation on identity politics. Cathy McMorris Rodgers are not focused on identity politics.

  4. Ed Gold:

    We have Aaron Rodgers covering football and we work with Chris Paul in the NBA space.

  5. Ron Wolf:

    There’s been a huge change and it started with Russell Wilson then went to [ Deshaun ] Watson and now we got Rodgers.

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