Roger

• English:/ɹɒdʒə/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Spanish:/ɾoxɛr/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• French:/ʁɔ.dʒœʁ/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Roger is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English70%

  From the Old French and the Anglo-Saxon, meaning “famous, noble warrior” or “honorable man.”

  as a name·Kolatch, Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names (1989)

  Teutonic; the flower rose (Rosa)

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  English and French: of Germanic origin, composed of the elements hrod fame + gar, ger spear. This, the Continental Germanic form, was introduced to Britain by the Normans, replacing the native Old English cognate Hrodgar. In modern English usage, the informal short form Rodge is occasionally encountered, but the medieval short forms Hodge and Dodge are extinct.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  1. English, French, Catalan, and Low German: from a Gmc personal name composed of the elements hrod renown + geri, gari spear, which was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Rog(i)er. The cogn. ON Hrobgeirr was a reinforcing influence in Normandy. 2. Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Ruaidhri.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  famous warrior

  as a name·Nameberry — name pages (meaning / origin factual core only)

• Spanish9.0%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Roger in Spanish.

• French8.5%

  Du germanique hrod- « gloire » + ger « lance »; prénom associé à saint Roger.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Roger, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Walter
• Peter
• Nigel
• Wilbur
• Jolly
• Gerald
• Grover
• Wallace
• Gary
• Phillip
• Martin
• Randall

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Roger is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name64 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Róger, Rögër, Rogér, Røger, Röger

• Arabic given name17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese

  Also written רוגר, רוג'ר, רוז'ר, Rògér, Rôger

• Polish given name31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Роджер, Рогер, Рожер, Röger, Rogér

• Hindi given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Switzerland

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Rögër, Rogér, Røgër, Røger, Róger

• Swahili given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Rogér, Róger

• Indonesian given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written Róger, Rögër, Röger

94 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) has counted Roger in 146 years.

• Ruggero IIb. 1095ITnot in their usual nameKing of Sicily from 1130 to 1154
• Roger Baconb. 1220GBEnglish polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
• Roger Martin du Gardb. 1881FRFrench writer (1881–1958)
• Roger Garaudyb. 1913FRFrench philosopher, politician and Holocaust denier (1913-2012)
• Roger Mooreb. 1927GBEnglish actor (1927–2017)
• Roger Vadimb. 1928FRFrench filmmaker (1928–2000)
• Roger Penroseb. 1931GBEnglish mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
• Roger Bruce Myersonb. 1951USAmerican economist
• Hervé Renardb. 1968FRnot in their usual nameFrench association football coach
• Roger Federerb. 1981CHSwiss tennis player (born 1981)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-31 data build.

What does the name Roger mean, and where does it come from?

From the Old French and the Anglo-Saxon, meaning “famous, noble warrior” or “honorable man.” Recorded by Kolatch, Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names (1989).

What are other forms of the name Roger?

In the etymology graph, Rodger, Rüdiger and Rogério are forms of the same name in other languages.

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

Roger is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: France (INSEE, 2023), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Norway (SSB), among others.

How has the popularity of Roger changed over time?

SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) (United States) has counted Roger in 146 years, and the Over time section on this page follows that one register's series. We never add registers together: two registers counting the same people would double them.

How do you pronounce Roger?

It depends on the language: in English /ɹɒdʒə/; in Spanish /ɾoxɛr/; in French /ʁɔ.dʒœʁ/ (Wiktionary). Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people named Roger?

In the United States, the national register counted about 295 thousand people named Roger, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled roger. After it come Philippines, United Kingdom, France and Canada; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Roger most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Roger is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 279 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Roger?

In the United States, the national register counted 294,726 people named Roger in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.

How common is Roger compared with other names?

In the United States, Roger is the 174th most common given name in the national register's count (Census Bureau, 2020).