Rodney (name)
The personal name Rodney originated as a toponym: Rodney Stoke in Somerset derived its name from an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "Hroda's island".
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.Surnames
- Brenda Solzano-Rodney, West Indian cricketer
- Caesar Rodney, lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware
- Caesar A. Rodney, lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Caleb Rodney, merchant and Governor of Delaware
- Daniel Rodney, merchant, Governor and U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Fernando Rodney, relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals
- George B. Rodney, lawyer and U.S. Representative from Delaware
- George B. Rodney, Jr. Governor of Alaska and U.S. Army officer
- George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, admiral in the British Royal Navy
- George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney
- George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney
- Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney
- Thomas Rodney, lawyer and Continental Congressman from Delaware
- Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and politician
Given name
See also:
- Rodney , American professional wrestler
- Rodney Adams, American football player
- Rodney Alcala, convicted American rapist and serial killer
- Rodney Allison, American football coach
- Rodney Anderson, American politician
- Rodney Anderson, American politician
- Rodney Anderson , American football player
- Rodney Ansell, Australian man who inspired the "Crocodile" Dundee films
- Rodney Atkins, an American country singer
- Boss Bailey, an American football linebacker whose real name is Rodney
- Rodney Bailey, an American football player
- Rodney Begnaud, American professional wrestler
- Rodney Bewes, English actor
- Rodney Bingenheimer, radio disc jockey
- Rod Carew, baseball player
- Rodney Carrington, comedian and star of Rodney
- Rodney Caston, American writer
- Rodney Craig, British fencer
- Rodney Dangerfield, comedian
- Rodney Eastman, Canadian actor
- Rodney Fox, Australian film maker and shark attack survivor
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, U.S. Representative from New Jersey
- Rodney A. Hawes, Jr., American business executive and philanthropist.
- Rodney Howard-Browne, South African, American Evangelist
- Rodney Jack, St. Vincent football player
- Rodney Jerkins, producer
- Rodney King, African-American whose beating by the LAPD sparked race riots in Los Angeles, California
- Rodney Linderman, better known as Rodney Anonymous, of the Dead Milkmen
- Rodney MacDonald, Canadian politician and former Premier of Nova Scotia
- Rod McKuen, American singer, poet
- Rodney Marks, Australian comedian
- Rodney Marsh , English footballer
- Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer
- Rodney Matthews, English artist and illustrator
- Rodney Mazion, American football and baseball player
- Rodney Mullen, professional skateboarder
- Rodney Price, Jamaican artist
- Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist
- Rodney Rowland, American actor
- Rodney Scott , American actor
- Rodney Stuckey, American basketball player
- Rod Wallace, English footballer
- Rodney Wallace , American football offensive lineman
- Rodney Wallace , American professional mixed martial arts fighter
- Rodney Wallace , Costa Rican footballer for New York City FC
- Rodney Wallace , U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Rodney Warnakula, Sri Lankan actor
- Rodney Williams, multiple people
- Yokozuna , an American professional wrestler born Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi
Fictional
- Rodney Copperbottom, character in the movie Robots
- Rodney McKay, character in science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis
- Rodney Trotter, character in British sit-com Only Fools and Horses
- Rodney J. Squirrel, one of the main characters from Squirrel Boy
- Rodney Ford, character from manga and anime series Element Hunters
- Rodney Stone, the narrator of boxing novel Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Rodney, character from
