What do you think of Roderick

[MistyF]

What do you think of Roderick? With possible nickname Roddy or Ro. It has same origins as Spanish Rodrigo. I don't know what to think of Roderick, but I kinda like it because I'm trying to find longer names to add to my list, that are also unusual and acceptable, but don't really like Rodrigo.

Seems more like a surname to me. Maybe Frederick or Rory instead? You could also consider using it as a middle name.

A lot of these comments are clearly from an older audience though so I wouldn’t put too much thought into dated Monty Python or Only Fools and Horses references if you’re set on it.

Too true!

Roderick Alleyn , for Ngaio Marsh fans

he went by Rory, I seem to remember

The only Roderick I've known always went by Rory.

It's a perfectly nice name. If you like it then use it OP - the opinions of random MNers shouldn't influence you.

For the nintieth time, he was Rodney, a completely different name

Reminds me of a school reader:

No

Same

@ForGreyKoala I thought Del Boy called him Rodders though (I might be wrong).

Look at other Knight type names too.

Warwick
Lancelot
Merrick
Gareth
Arthur
Octavius
Humphrey
Percival
Ambrosius
Hector
Lionell
Galahad
Gavin
Tristan
Tristram

Still in regular use in Scotland though, even if it is in single figures every year.

I think it's fine, OP. In the same vein as Frederick.

Another Scot here. I know several, although none under the age of 40. But it sounds like a perfectly normal name to me.

So is Barry @OhMrPleasant

To me they're in the same category.

FFS it is awful, really really awful.

user1492757084 yeah right, little Octavius, Lancelot and Galahad are really going to thank their parents for those names. They'll have the piss taken out of them for their entire lives.

I know a. Roderick... he goes by hot rod...

Awful. Way too "hard" sounding.

I think of Roderick Usher... as in from The Fall of the House of Usher, the Edgar Allan Poe macabre story.

The name is too obscure for me.