Rodney

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English placename Hrōdanīeġ, Hrōdanīġ (literally “Hroda's island”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”) and *awjō (“island”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɹɑdni/
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  • Hyphenation: Rod‧ney

Proper noun

Rodney

  1. A habitational surname from Old English
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Quotations

  • 1969 William Kennedy, The Ink Truck, page 100:
    "All in good time, Rodney."
    "Bailey's the name."
    "I call all my intimate friends Rodney. It's such a picturesque name."
    "You do have little quirks."

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