Rodney


Gender:
Origin: English
528 famous people named Rodney found on Wikipedia.
245554 male, 1176 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 819-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 33-th in year 1965
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name: an Old English family name, taken from a placename.

The personal name Rodney originated as a toponym: Rodney Stoke in Somerset derived its name from an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "Hroda's island" (Hroda being a short form of an Anglo-Saxon name beginning with the element hrod- "fame"). Rodney became a surname in the 18th century, and a title of the peerage of Great Britain in 1782, as Baron Rodney. Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name, originally in honour of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

Renown island. Derived from a place name, Hroda's island. Hroda means: fame.

Famous People: 528 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Rodney King 1965 Victim of police brutality
2 Rodney Dangerfield 1921 American actor and comedian
3 Rodney Alcala 1943 Serial killer
4 Rodney Mullen 1966 Skateboarder
5 Rodney Peete 1966 American football player
6 Rodney Harrison 1972 Player of American football
7 Rodney Carrington 1968 American actor
8 Rodney Jerkins 1977 American songwriter, record producer and musician
9 Rodney Bewes 1937 British actor
10 Rodney Atkinson 1948 British economist
11 Rodney Crowell 1950 American musician
12 Rodney Hood 1992 American basketball player
13 Fernando Rodney 1977 Dominican Republic baseball player
14 Rodney A. Grant 1959 American actor
15 Rodney Atkins 1969 US country artist
16 Rodney Stuckey 1986 American basketball player
17 Rodney Frelinghuysen 1946 American politician
18 Rodney Bingenheimer 1947 American DJ
19 Caesar Rodney 1728 American politician
20 Rodney Trotter
21 Rodney Marsh 1944 English footballer
22 Rodney Reed 1967 American murderer
23 Rodney Begnaud 1970 Professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
24 Rodney Allen Rippy 1968 Actor
25 Walter Rodney 1942 Guyanese politician, activist and historian
26 Rodney Rogers 1971 American basketball player
27 Rodney McGruder 1991 American basketball player
28 Rodney Sneijder 1991 Dutch footballer
29 Rodney McLeod 1990 American football player
30 Rodney Brooks 1954 Australian Roboticist
31 Rodney Eastman 1967 Canadian actor
32 Rodney Harvey 1967 Actor, Model
33 Rodney Culver 1969 American football running back
34 Rodney Hudson 1989 American football player, offensive lineman
35 Rodney Stark 1934 American sociologist of religion
36 Rodney Sheppard 1967 American musician
37 Rodney L. Davis 1970 Illinois politician
38 Rodney Howard-Browne 1961 South African preacher
39 Rodney McKay Stargate
40 Rodney Kendrick 1960 American musician
41 George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney 1719 Royal Navy admiral
42 Rodney Strasser 1990 Footballer
43 Rodney Fox 1940 Australian film maker
44 Rodney Rowland 1964 American actor
45 Rodney Carney 1984 American basketball player
46 Rodney Yee 1957 American yoga instructor
47 Rodney Rude 1943 Australian 'blue' stand-up comedian, poet and writer
48 Rodney Blackstock
49 Rodney McMullen American businessman
50 Rodney Hampton 1969 American football player
51 Rodney Van Johnson 1961 American actor
52 Rodney Eade 1958 Australian rules footballer and coach
53 Rodney Adler 1959 Australian businessman
54 Rodney White 1980 American basketball player
55 Rodney Leinhardt 1971 American professional wrestler
56 Rodney Orr 1962 American racing driver
57 Rodney Clawson Songwriter
58 Rodney St. Cloud 1976 American bodybuilder
59 Rodney Lewis 1954 American oil and natural gas industrialist and rancher
60 Rodney Perry 1970 American actor
61 Rodney Sacks American businessman
62 Red Rodney 1927 American musician
63 Rodney Pople 1952 Australian artist
64 Rodney Marks 1968 Australian astrophysicist
65 Rodney So'oialo 1979 Samoan rugby union player
66 Rodney Hogg 1951 Australian cricketer
67 Rodney Ascher A film director
68 Rodney Greenblat 1960 American artist
69 Rodney Rothman American screenwriter, television producer, and author
70 Rodney P British rapper
71 Rodney E. Slater 1955 U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 1997-2001
72 Rodney McCray 1963 American baseball player
73 Rodney Linderman 1963 American musician
74 Rodney Robert Porter 1917 English biochemist and Nobel laureate
75 Rodney Hicks 1974 American actor
76 Rodney Graham 1949 Canadian artist and musician
77 Rodney Gunter 1992 American football defensive lineman
78 Rodney Matthews 1945 Artist
79 Rodney Buford 1977 American basketball player
80 Rodney Ah You 1988 New Zealand rugby union player
81 Rodney Ellis 1954 Houston, Texas politician
82 Rodney Glunder 1975 Dutch martial artist
83 Rodney Brondial 1990 Professional basketball player
84 Rodney Monroe 1968 American basketball player-coach
85 Rodney Alexander 1946 American politician
86 Brendon Rodney 1992 Canadian athletics competitor and sprinter
87 Rodney Barnes American television producer and writer
88 Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton 1930 British politician
89 Rodney Chester American actor
90 Rodney Terry 1968 American basketball player and coach
91 Rodney Hide 1956 New Zealand politician
92 Rodney MacDonald 1972 Canadian politician
93 Rodney J. McKinley 1956 Chief Master Sergeant of the USAF
94 Rodney Thomas 1973 Player of American football
95 Rodney Needham 1923 British anthropologist
96 Rodney Croome 1964 Australian academic and activist
97 Rodney Childers 1976 NASCAR crew chief
98 Rodney Erickson 1946 17th President of Pennsylvania State University
99 Rodney Saulsberry 1956 American actor
100 Rodney Morris 1970 American pool player
101 Rodney Franklin 1958 American musician
102 Rodney Purvis 1994
103 Rodney Jack 1972 Footballer
104 Rodney Collin 1909 British writer
105 Caesar Augustus Rodney 1772 American politician
106 Rodney Ackland 1908 English dramatist
107 Rodney Soher 1893 Bobsledder
108 Rodney Litchfield British actor
109 Rodney Leach, Baron Leach of Fairford 1934 British peer
110 Rodney Santos 1973 Filipino professional basketball player
111 Rodney Billups 1983
112 Rodney Harrington
113 Rodney S. Ruoff 1957 American scientist
114 Rodney Bailey 1979 Player of American Football
115 Rodney Jenkins 1944 American equestrian
116 Rodney Hilton 1916 British historian
117 Rodney Caston 1977 American systems engineer
118 Rodney Omdal Karlsen 1974
119 Rodney Slater 1944 British musician
120 Rodney Scott 1953 Infielder in Major League Baseball
121 Rodney Alejandro American musician, composer, arranger, producer and audio engineer
122 Rodney Holman 1960 American football player
123 Rodney Dent 1970 American basketball player
124 Rodney M. Davis 1942 United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
125 Nialle Rodney 1991 English professional footballer
126 Rodney Orpheus 1960 Irish writer
127 Rodney Kageyama American actor
128 Rodney Huddleston 1937 British linguist
129 Rodney A. Smolla American academic
130 Rodney Bickerstaffe 1945 British trade unionist
131 Rodney Mills 1946 American audio engineer
132 Devante Rodney
133 John Rodney 1914 Actor
134 Rodney Mims Cook, Jr. 1956 American academic
135 Rodney Davies 1989 Australian dual code rugby player
136 Rodney Howe 1973 Australian rugby league player
137 Rodney Melville 1941 American judge
138 Rodney Anderson 1968 Texas businessman and politician
139 Rodney O'Neal American businessman
140 Rodney Whitaker 1968 American jazz double bass player, educator
141 Rodney Pattisson 1943 Sailor
142 Dave Rodney 1964 Canadian politician
143 Rodney Milnes 1936 British musicologist
144 Rodney Combs 1950 American stock car racing driver
145 Rodney Glassman 1978 American businessman
146 Rodney Moore 1965 American boxer
147 Daniel Rodney 1764 American politician
148 Rodney Joseph Johnson 1965 American police officer
149 Rodney Lough Jr. 1960 American photographer
150 Rodney Heath 1884 Australian tennis player
151 Rodney Bennett 1935 British television director
152 Rodney Gould 1943 British motorcycle racer
153 Rodney Hannah 1984 Player of American football
154 Rodney Hallworth 1929 British journalist
155 Donald Rodney 1961 British artist
156 Rodney Dale 1933 British writer
157 Rodney Afif
158 Rodney Yano 1943 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
159 Rodney Austin 1988 American football player
160 Rodney Wilkes 1925 Weightlifter
161 Rodney Allison 1956 American football player and coach
162 Rodney Gordon 1933 British architect
163 Lester Rodney 1911 Journalist
164 Rodney Weston 1964 Canadian politician
165 Rodney Griffin Gospel singer
166 Rodney Leisle 1981 Player of American and Canadian football
167 Rodney P. Rempt 1945 Retired Vice Admiral of the United States Navy
168 Rodney Tom American politician
169 Rodney Connor 1951 Northern Irish unionist politician
170 Rodney Berman 1969 British politician
171 Rodney Hill 1921 British mathematician
172 Rodney Martin 1965 Australian squash player
173 Rodney W. Sippel 1956 United States federal judge
174 Rodney Coe 1993
175 Rodney Adams 1994
176 Rodney Baxter 1940 Australian physicist
177 Rodney Walker 1910 American architect
178 Rodney Wright 1979 American football wide receiver
179 Rodney Sharman 1958 Canadian composer
180 Rodney O. Martin, Jr. 1975
181 Rodney Williams 1973
182 Rodney McMillian 1969 American artist
183 Rodney Friend 1940
184 Rodney Thompson 1980 Role-playing game designer
185 Rodney Badger 1823 American police officer
186 Rodney Perkins 1936 American physician and academic
187 Rodney Gomes 1936 Brazilian actor
188 Rodney Eyles 1967 Australian squash player
189 Rodney Mott American basketball referee
190 Rodney D. Fogg
191 Rodney Ontong 1955 Former first-class cricketer
192 Rodney Harding 1962 Player of American and Canadian football
193 Rodney Propp 1965 Businessperson
194 Rodney Jackson 1967 American record producer
195 Rodney J. Evans 1948 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
196 Rodney Bell 1971 Dancer specialising in physically integrated dance
197 Rodney Redmond 1944 Cricket player from New Zealand
198 Rodney Blake 1966 American expatriate professional basketball player between 1988 and 2000
199 Rodney Holmes 1924 English cricketer, born 1924
200 Bryan Rodney 1984 Canadian ice hockey player