as a Last Name
- 4,215
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Roger
Meaning & Origins
Scottish, English, North German, French, and Catalan: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrōd ‘renown’ + gār, gēr ‘spear’, ‘lance’, which was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Rog(i)er. The cognate Old Norse Hróðgeirr was a reinforcing influence in Normandy.
| 7,907th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,215
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Roger per capita
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