Meaning of the nameRodrigues

Rodrigues is a Portuguese patronymic surname, analyzed as Rodrigo plus the suffix -es ('son of'), which also appears as a masculine given name in Brazil.

Meaning

“patronymic of Rodrigo, 'son of Rodrigo'”

Source: Wiktionary: Rodrigues · Behind the Name: Roderick

People (2022): 3,417
Rank in Brazil: #3,558
Median age: 35 years
2010 Census: 4,041; people

Rodrigues in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rodrigues, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,155 people).

70 women 3,347 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 Rodrigues is most common

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

Goiás 0.003%
Amazonas 0.003%
Ceará 0.003%
Bahia 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	575	0.001%
Minas Gerais	397	0.002%
Bahia	284	0.002%
Ceará	235	0.003%
Goiás	205	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	162	0.001%
Pernambuco	155	0.002%
Pará	150	0.002%
Amazonas	110	0.003%
Maranhão	109	0.002%
Paraná	105	0.001%
Paraíba	98	0.003%
Piauí	96	0.003%
Mato Grosso	91	0.003%
Santa Catarina	81	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	81	0.003%
Sergipe	73	0.003%
Espírito Santo	61	0.002%
Rondônia	61	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	60	0.002%
Alagoas	54	0.002%
Distrito Federal	50	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	44	0.000%
Tocantins	31	0.002%
Acre	20	0.002%
Roraima	18	0.003%

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

About the name Rodrigues

According to Wiktionary, Rodrigues is a surname of patronymic origin, coming from Old Galician-Portuguese Rodriguez and analyzable as Rodrigo plus the suffix -es, 'son of'. Rodrigo comes from a reconstructed Gothic form, hrōþireiks, and Behind the Name gives it as a form of Roderick, a name with Germanic elements meaning 'fame' and 'ruler'. Because IBGE counts only the first name, this page covers people registered with Rodrigues as a given name: 3,417 in the 2022 Census, almost always men. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Rodriguez as a spelling variant.

Sources

Wiktionary: Rodrigues · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Rodrigo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Rodrigo · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Roderick · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rodrigues · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rodrigues

What does the name Rodrigues mean?

Rodrigues means “patronymic of Rodrigo, 'son of Rodrigo'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Rodrigues in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,417 people with the first name Rodrigues, which ranks it number 3,558 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Rodrigues is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 70 women and 3,347 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rodrigues?

Rodrigues is a name of Portuguese and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rodrigues most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.003% of the state's population is named Rodrigues (205 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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