Meaning of the nameRodney

Rodney is a spelling of the name Rodnei, which means “island of Hroda”.

Meaning

“island of Hroda”

Source: Wiktionary: Rodney · Behind the Name: Rodney

People (2022): 3,961
Rank in Brazil: #3,217
Median age: 41 years
2010 Census: 3,395; people

Rodney in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rodney, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,061 people).

20 women 3,941 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rodney is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rodney in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Minas Gerais 0.004%
São Paulo 0.003%
Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
Amazonas 0.003%
Paraná 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,493	0.003%
Minas Gerais	772	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	477	0.003%
Paraná	158	0.001%
Amazonas	116	0.003%
Ceará	112	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	94	0.003%
Pará	80	0.001%
Santa Catarina	80	0.001%
Goiás	75	0.001%
Mato Grosso	71	0.002%
Bahia	65	0.001%
Espírito Santo	65	0.002%
Distrito Federal	58	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	45	0.000%
Maranhão	41	0.001%
Pernambuco	28	0.000%
Sergipe	23	0.001%
Piauí	16	0.001%
Alagoas	16	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Rodney

It keeps the English spelling, with a final -ey.

About the name Rodnei

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Rodney and Rhodney as spelling variants of Rodnei. The origin of the spelling Rodnei is uncertain, but the ending -nei appears in other Brazilian names, such as Ednei, Cidnei and Robnei, and the Dictionary's morpheme list links it to the French Ney. Rodney is an English name that came from a surname, which in turn came from an Old English place name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,358 people named Rodnei, with a median age of 42, almost always men, and the births are concentrated between 1960 and 1989. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Other spellings of Rodnei

Spelling	People (2022)
Rodnei	4,358
Rodney	3,961

Sources

Wiktionary: Rodney · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Rodney · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rodnei · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Wiktionary: Rodney · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-nei) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Rodney

What does the name Rodney mean?

Rodney means “island of Hroda”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Rodney in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,961 people with the first name Rodney, which ranks it number 3,217 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Rodney a boy's or a girl's name?

Rodney is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 20 women and 3,941 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rodney?

Rodney is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rodney most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.004% of the state's population is named Rodney (772 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Rodney?

Rodnei. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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