Rodriguez

See also: Rodríguez

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Rodríguez (“son of Rodrigo”), equivalent to Roderick (“son of Roderick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɑˈdɾiɡɛz/

Proper noun

Rodriguez

1. A patrilineal surname from Spanish.
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Derived terms

• Chadriguez
• Rodriguezgarcia
• Rodriguezperez

Related terms

• E. Rodriguez

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: رودريغيز
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅德里格斯 (zh) (Luódélǐgésī)

• Hindi: रोद्रिगेस m or f (rodriges)
• Japanese: ロドリゲス (Rodorigesu)
• Korean: 로드리게스 (rodeurigeseu)
• Portuguese: Rodrigues (pt)
• Russian: Родригес (ru) (Rodriges)
• Spanish: Rodríguez (es)
• Yiddish: ראָדריגעז (rodrigez)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rodriguez is the 9^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,094,924 individuals. Rodriguez is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.77%) individuals.

See also

• Appendix:English surnames (United States) and Appendix:English surnames (United States, 2010)
• Rodrigues
• Roderickson
• Rodericksson (archaic)

Further reading

• Rodríguez (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rodriguez”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Rodríguez, patronymic of Rodrigo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Rod‧ri‧guez
• IPA^(key): /ɾodˈɾiɡes/ [ɾ̪od̪ˈɾ̪i.ɡes̪]

Proper noun

Rodríguez (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Rodríguez: a common surname from Spanish, common in Negros Oriental and most of Cebuano-speaking Mindanao

Related terms

• Rodrigo

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Rodriguez. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾoˈdɾiɡes/ [ɾoˈd̪ɾi.ɡes]
• Hyphenation: Ro‧dri‧guez

Proper noun

Rodríguez (Basahan spelling ᜍᜓᜇ᜔ᜍᜒᜄᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish

Related terms

• Rodrigo

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Rodríguez. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾoˈdɾiɡes/ [ɾoˈdɾiː.ɡɛs]
• Hyphenation: Ro‧dri‧guez

Proper noun

Rodríguez

1. Rodríguez: a surname from Spanish

Related terms

• Rodrigo

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kreH-der.

Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.

Proto-Germanic *rīks

Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks

Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*hrōþireiks)der.

Spanish Rodrigo

Spanish -ez

Spanish Rodríguezbor.

Tagalog Rodriguez

Borrowed from Spanish Rodríguez, patronymic form of Rodrigo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

The municipality in Rizal is named after Filipino senator Eulogio Rodriguez. Renamed from Montalban under Batas Pambansa 275 in 1982, which was repealed in 2023.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾodˈɾiɡes/ [ɾod̪ˈɾiː.ɣɛs]
• Rhymes: -iɡes
• Syllabification: Rod‧ri‧guez

Proper noun

Rodriguez (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Rodríguez: a common surname from Spanish
2. Rodriguez (a municipality in northern Rizal, Philippines; modern Montalban)