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Roddy
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roddy
English
Etymology 1
Diminutives en y.
Proper noun
en male Roderick or en Rodger.
Etymology 2
Reduced Anglicized form of en ga Ó Rodaigh descendant of Rodach, a personal name probably derived from ga rod spirited, furious.
Alternative forms
en Roddey
Proper noun
s
en Irish.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Roddy is the 4939th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7127 individuals. Roddy is most common among White (76.22%) and Black/African American (18.39%) individuals.
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