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Rody vs Roger

oceanclub · 2019-09-17 16:57:09

I've seen the name "Rody" crop up occasionally and it seems to match someone who died as a "Roger". Any idea were these names used interchangeably? P.

17-09-2019 4:57pm

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I've seen the name "Rody" crop up occasionally and it seems to match someone who died as a "Roger". Any idea were these names used interchangeably?

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#2 17-09-2019 6:22pm

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Don't forget, Roger can also be spelt Rodger so that could account for the shortening to Rody.

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#3 17-09-2019 8:05pm

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& Rory/Roger in Irish is spelt as "Ruaidhri"

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#4 17-09-2019 8:06pm

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Rody in my family is Rodolphus. Entirely separate from Latin versions in Church registers...that's what the lads were called. Yikes.

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#5 18-09-2019 9:06am

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I have several Rogers in my surname line- usually Roger, but one Ruadhrai (early 1900's). There also are Rodgers in a female ancestor's family and they are frequently are called 'Rody' - also, that family is differentiated in Griffiths by the suffix Rody. It seems common in Tipp & Limerick.

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#6 19-09-2019 9:06pm

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I always thought that Ruadhrai was Rory.

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#7 20-09-2019 5:21pm

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Didn’t Ruahdrai also get anglicized as Roderick?

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