Fun Facts About the Name Rodriques
- 226 babies named Rodriques: U.S. records list 226 babies given the name Rodriques from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Rodriques Mean?
Rodriques is a variant spelling of Rodrigues, a Portuguese patronymic surname meaning "son of Rodrigo." The parent name is the personal name Rodrigo, from the reconstructed Germanic name Hrōþirīks, formed from hrōþi- "fame" and rīks "ruler" or "king." Those elements give the literal sense "famous ruler," but the surname's customary meaning is patronymic: a son or descendant of a man named Rodrigo. The -es of Rodrigues is the Portuguese patronymic ending; the -ques of Rodriques is an altered spelling, not a separate etymology.
Rodriques Name History & Origins
The personal name Rodrigo was in use in medieval Iberia and goes back to the reconstructed Germanic name Hrōþirīks carried by the Visigoths. The last Visigothic king, Roderic - known as Rodrigo in Spanish and Portuguese - died in 711. From the personal name, Portuguese formed the patronymic surname Rodrigues, while Spanish formed the parallel Rodríguez. Rodrigues spread with Portuguese settlement and trade to Brazil, Goa, and other Portuguese-speaking or formerly Portuguese regions, and later with migrants to English-speaking countries. Rodriques appears in English-speaking contexts as a respelled variant; its final -ques does not match the Portuguese -gues or the Spanish -guez. It is also used occasionally as a given name by transfer from the surname.
How Popular is the Name Rodriques?
Rodriques has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1988. Its best rank was #3,318 in 1988.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #11,755 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #9,916 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #9,401 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #8,664 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #6,125 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #6,571 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #8,043 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #4,361 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #5,099 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #3,318 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #3,686 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #4,070 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #3,563 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #3,639 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #4,424 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #4,512 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #4,423 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #3,797 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #3,764 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,477 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #3,557 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #4,338 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #4,683 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #4,543 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Rodriques Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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