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Rodney
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rodney
English
Etymology
From Old English placename ang Hrōdanīeġ, Hrōdanīġ Hroda's island, from en gem-pro *hrōþiz fame and gem-pro *awjō island.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɑdni/ GenAm
en /ˈɹɒdni/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rodney.wav Southern England
en Rod ney
Proper noun
en habitational Old English.
en male surnames.
Quotations
en 1969 William Kennedy The Ink Truck 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."
Related terms
en Rodney Dangerfield
en Rodney Stoke
Anagrams
en denory Dorney Yerdon droney yonder Yendor
en male given names from Germanic languages