Roger Explained

Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names French: Roger and French: Rogier. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements Germanic languages: hrōd, χrōþi ("fame", "renown", "honour") and Germanic languages: gār, Germanic languages: gēr ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans.^[2] In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate Norse, Old: Hróðgeirr.^[3] The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate English, Old (ca.450-1100);: Hroðgar. Roger became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name Roger that is closer to the name's origin is Rodger.^[4]

Slang and other uses

From up to, Roger was slang for the word "penis".^{[5] [6] [7]} In Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entendre and the pirate term "Jolly Roger".^[8]

In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for another term, the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlorine bleach factories periodically.^[9]

From circa 1940 in US and UK wartime communication, "Roger" came to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in "received", used to acknowledge understanding a message. This spread to civilian usage as "Roger" replaced "received" in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

Current British slang includes the word as a verb to mean sexual intercourse, e.g., "took her home and rogered her."

Hodge meaning Rustic, from Middle English Hoge a nickname of Roger.^[10]

Spellings

The following forenames are related to the English given name Roger:

• ar|روجر|translit=Rōjar, Rōjir
• Alt.
• be|Роджэр |translit=Rodžer
• ca|Roger
  • hr|Ruđer, Rogerije
• nl|[[Rutger]], [[Rogier (disambiguation)|Rogier]]
• fo|Róar
• fil|Rogelio
• fr|Roger
• gl|Roxerio, Roxelio
• de|[[Rüdiger]], Roger
• el|Ρογήρος |translit=Rogéros, Rógi̱ros
• gu|રોજર |translit=Rōjara
• he|רוג׳ר |translit=Rojer
• hi|रॉजर |translit=Rŏjara
• hu|Rezső, Rogerios
• is|Hróar, Hróðgeir, Ragnar
• id|Roger
• it|[[Ruggero]], Roggero, Ruggeri, [[Ruggiero]], Rugiero
• ja|ロジャー, ロゲル |translit=Rojā, Rogeru
• kn|ರೋಜರ್ |translit=Rōjar
  • ku|راجەر |translit=Racer
• la|[[Rogerius (disambiguation)|Rogerius]]
• mk|Роџер |translit=Rodžer
• ml|റോജർ |translit=Roger
• gv|Roree
• mn|Рожер |translit=Rojyer
• ne|रोजर |translit=Rōjara
• no|[[Roar (given name)|Roar]], Roger
• oc|Rogièr, Rotger
• fa|راجر |translit=Rājər
• pl|Roger, Gerek
• pt|[[Rogério]]
• pa|ਰੋਜ਼ਰ |translit=Rōzara
• ru|Роджер |translit=Ródžer, Rodzher
• sr|Руђер |translit=Ruđer
• sl|Rogerij
• es|[[Rogelio]]
• sv|Roar, Roger, Rutger
• ta|ரோஜர் |translit=Rōjar
• te|రోజర్ |translit=Rōjar
• th|โรเจอร์ |translit=Rochoe
• uk|Роджер |translit=Rodzher
• ur|{{Nastaliq|راجر
• cy|Rosser, Rozier
• yi|ראַדזשער |translit=Radzher

People

Given name

Medieval period

See also, and for people with these names

Kings and rulers

• Hrothgar, semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD
• Roger I of Sicily, Norman ruler of Sicily
• Roger II of Sicily (1095–1154), Norman King of Sicily and Africa, one of the principal commanders of the Second Crusade
• Roger III of Sicily (1175–1193), briefly King of Sicily

Others

• Roger, Archbishop of Patras (in post 1337–1347)
• Roger (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (in post from 1155)
• Roger (archbishop of Benevento) (died 1221)
• Roger (bishop of Ross) (died c. 1350)
• Roger (larderer) (died 1102), Bishop-elect of Hereford
• Roger Borsa (1060/61–1111), Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria
• Roger (son of Dagobert), Norman magnate who served the Byzantine empire
• Roger I. de Sentes, 12th century French bishop
• Roger I Trencavel (died 1150), Viscount of Carcassonne
• Roger I de Fézensaguet (1190–1245), Viscount of Fézensaguet
• Roger I of Carcassonne (died 1012), Count of Carcassonne
• Roger I of Tosny (died), Norman nobleman
• Roger II Trencavel (died 1194), Viscount of Carcassonne
• Roger III, Duke of Apulia (1118–1148), Duke of Apulia, Sicily
• Roger IV, Count of Foix (died 1265)
• Roger IV, Duke of Apulia (1152–1161)
• Roger of Lauria (c. 1245–1305), Italian admiral
• Roger Bacon, English philosopher
• Roger Bigod of Norfolk (died 1107), Norman knight who participated in the Norman Conquest of England
• Roger Frugardi, Salernitan surgeon
• Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374–1398)
• Roger Niger (c. 1173–1241), Bishop of London
• Roger Norreis (died c. 1224), Abbot of Evesham
• Roger of Salisbury (died 1139), also known as Roger le Poer, Norman Bishop of Salisbury and Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England
• Roger of Worcester from 1163 to 1179

Modern era

• Roger José de Noronha Silva (born 1972), Brazilian football goalkeeper
• Roger Galera Flores (born 1978), Brazilian football attacking midfielder
• Roger Rodrigues da Silva (born 1985), Brazilian football manager and former player
• Roger Junio Rodrigues Ferreira (born 1996), Brazilian football midfielder
• Roger Adams, American Nobel Prize organic chemist
• Roger Albert, American politician
• Roger Ailes, American television executive, chairman and CEO of Fox News
• Roger Anderson, American football player
• Roger Angell (1920–2022), American writer and editor for The New Yorker
• Roger Ashton (footballer), Welsh footballer
• Roger Avary, Canadian producer, screenwriter and director
• Roger Ballen, American artist working in South Africa
• Roger Bannister (1929–2018), British athlete, first man to run the four-minute mile
• Roger "Syd" Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd
• Roger Bart, American actor and singer
• Roger Berrio, Colombian weightlifter
• Roger Binny, Indian cricketer
• Roger Joseph Boscovich, Croatian-Ragusan physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, and Jesuit
• Roger Boylan, American writer
• Roger Buckley (1937–2020), American historian
• Roger Burnley (born 1966), British businessman, former CEO of Asda
• Roger C. Carmel, American character actor
• Roger A. Caras, American wildlife photographer and writer
• Roger Carter (disambiguation), multiple people
• Roger Casement, Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary, and British diplomat
• Roger Chaffee, American astronaut
• Roger Chan, the bus uncle
• Roger Chao, Australian explorer and mountain climber
• Roger Christian (songwriter) (1934–1991), American radio personality and songwriter
• Roger Clarke (rugby union administrator), British rugby administrator
• Roger Clemens, baseball player
• Roger Cook (journalist), British journalist
• Roger Corman, American film director, producer, and actor
• Roger Craig (baseball), baseball player
• Roger Craig (American football), American football player
• Roger Craig Smith (born 1975), American voice actor
• Roger Cumberland (1894-1938), American Presbyterian missionary killed in Iraq
• Roger Daltrey, lead singer of British rock band The Who
• Roger Davis (television actor), American actor
• Roger O. DeBruler (1934–2017), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
• Roger DeJordy (1937–2019), Canadian ice hockey player
• Roger Delgado, British actor
• Roger Dobkowitz, American television producer, statistics expert for The Price is Right
• Roger Donaldson, New Zealand filmmaker
• Roger Ebert (1942–2013), American film critic and writer
• Roger Guy English, American businessman and world record holder
• Roger M. Enoka, American neurophysiologist
• Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
• Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., American CEO and former Federal Reserve official
• Roger C. Field, British inventor and industrial designer
• Roger Fortin, Canadian boxer
• Roger Frampton, Australian jazz musician
• Roger Galante, Canadian musician
• Roger García Junyent, Spanish football player
• Roger Gibbon, Trinidad and Tobago track cyclist
• Roger Glover, Welsh/English bassist, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer
• Roger Godement, French mathematician
• Roger Goldammer, Canadian bikebuilder
• Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL
• Roger Guerreiro, Polish football player of Brazilian descent
• Roger Hall (disambiguation), several people
• Roger Hamby (born 1943), American racing car driver
• Roger Hodgman, Australian stage and television director
• Roger Hodgson, British vocalist and songwriter from Supertramp
• Roger Houde (born 1938), Canadian politician
• Roger Howarth, American actor
• Roger Ilegems, Belgian track cyclist and road bicycle racer
• Roger Ingram, American trumpeter, educator, and author
• Roger Jackson (rower), Canadian rower and academic
• Roger Jackson (wide receiver), American football player
• Roger L. Jackson, American actor
• Roger Jouret, birth name of Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer, musician and television presenter
• Roger Kettlewell, Canadian football player
• Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Royal Navy officer prominent in World War I, and Member of Parliament
• Roger Kibbe (1939–2021), American serial killer
• Roger Kiew, known professionally as Roger Kool, Singaporean DJ
• Roger Kimmerly, Canadian politician
• Roger Köppel, Swiss journalist
• Roger Kwok, Hong Kong television actor and former singer
• Roger Machado Marques, Brazilian football player
• Roger Lloyd-Pack, British actor
• Rogério Manganelli, Brazilian-American bass guitarist for Less Than Jake, known as Roger Lima
• Roger Manvell, first director of the British Film Academy
• Roger Maris (1934–1985), baseball player
• Roger Mason Jr, American basketball player
• Roger Mayweather (1961–2020), American boxer
• Roger McBride (born 1968), American musician known by his stage name King T
• Roger McCreary (born 2000), American football player
• Roger McGuinn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist for The Byrds
• Roger McMurrin, American conductor
• Roger Michell (1956–2021), South African-born British film director
• Roger Milla, Cameroon footballer
• Roger Miller, American musician
• Roger Mills (racewalker), English race walker
• Roger Monroe, Trinidad and Tobago politician
• Roger Moore (1927–2017), English actor, James Bond
• Roger Moreira, Brazilian musician
• Roger Moret (1949–2020), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Roger E. Mosley, American actor
• Roger Mudd (1928–2021), American TV journalist
• Roger Muñoz, Nicaraguan basketball player
• Roger Myerson, American economist and professor
• Roger Penrose, English mathematical physicist
• Roger Penske, American businessman
• Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist
• Roger Pierre (1923–2010), French actor
• Roger Pilote (1934–2023), Canadian politician
• Roger Pogoy (born 1992), Filipino professional basketball player
• Roger Price (comedy) (1918–1990), American humorist who created Droodles and Mad Libs
• Roger Price (television producer) (born 1941), English television producer
• Roger Price (Australian politician) (born 1945), Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives (1984–2010)
• Roger Pulvers (born 1944), Australian playwright, theatre director and translator
• Roger Pulwarty (born 1960), Trinidadian scientist
• Roger Rees, British actor
• Roger Roger (composer), French composer
• Roger Rogerson, former detective of the NSW Police Force and convicted murderer
• Roger Rose (born 1958), American actor
• Roger Rosengarten (born 2002), American football player
• Roger Sablonier (1941–2010), Swiss historian and writer
• Brother Roger (1915–2005), baptised Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche, Swiss initiator of the Taizé community
• Roger Scruton (1944–2020), English philosopher and writer
• Roger Sessions, American music composer
• Roger Hale Sheaffe, British general, one of the principal commanders of War of 1812
• Roger Sheaffe (politician), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Roger Sherman, American revolutionary, signer of many famous documents, inventor of congressional system, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
• Roger Smith (actor), American actor
• Roger Smith (executive) (1925–2007), American chairman and CEO of General Motors and the subject of Michael Moore's documentary film Roger & Me
• Roger Spink (born 1958), Falkland Islands politician
• Roger Dale Stafford (1951–1995), American convicted spree killer and serial killer
• Roger Staubach, American football player
• Roger Stone, American political lobbyist, strategist, and author
• Roger Sumich, New Zealand cyclist
• Roger Taylor, British drummer for Queen
• Roger Taylor, British drummer for Duran Duran
• Roger Toussaint, American transit worker's union official
• Roger Troutman (1951–1999), also known as Roger, American R&B recording artist, singer for Zapp
• Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (born 1993), New Zealand rugby player
• Roger Vadim, French film director
• Roger Vangheluwe, Belgian bishop, resigned following pedophilia scandal
• Roger Vogel (born 1947), American composer
• Roger Waters, English rock musician and songwriter
• Roger Wedge (1948–2010), Canadian politician
• Roger Whittaker (1936-2023), British singer
• Roger Wicker (born 1951), U.S. Senator from Mississippi
• Roger Williams (pianist) (1924–2011), American pianist
• Roger Williams (theologian) (1603–1683), English minister, theologian, and author, co-founder of Rhode Island
• Roger Williams (soldier) (1539/40–1595), Welsh soldier of fortune and military theorist, one of the principal commanders of Eighty Years' War and Battle of Arques
• Roger L. Worsley, American educator
• Roger Wrightson, English cricketer
• Roger Yap (born 1977), Filipino former professional basketball player
• Roger Arliner Young (1899–1964), American scientist, first African American woman to earn a PhD in Zoology
• Roger Zelazny, American science-fiction author

Surname

• Neil Munroe Bunny Roger (1911–1997), English couturier
• Charles Rogier, Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution, Prime Minister of Belgium 1847–1852 and 1857–1868
• Christophe Roger-Vasselin (born 1957), French former tennis player, father of Édouard
• Denise Roger (1924-2005), French composer
• Édouard Roger-Vasselin (born 1983), French tennis player, son of Christophe
• Julius Roger (1819–1865), German entomologist and medical doctor
• Marie-Sabine Roger (born 1957), French writer
• Mircea Roger (born 1947), Romanian Olympic rower
• Pierre Roger, birth name of Pope Clement VI
• Rich The Kid (born 1992 as Dimitri Leslie Roger), American rapper
• Roger Roger (composer) (1911–1995), French composer

Fictional characters

• Gold Roger (Gol D. Roger), the Pirate King in the manga/anime-series One Piece
• Lord Rogers, a character from The Swan Princess (film series)
• Roger (American Dad!), protagonist of the animated sitcom American Dad!
• Roger, in the short story "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
• Roger, a jolly prankster of the Burger Palace Boys from the hit 50s musical Grease
• Roger the Dodger, from The Beano
• Roger (Guilty Gear)
• Roger (Hellboy), a homunculus from the series Hellboy
• Roger, a pseudocharacter in Monty Python's Life of Brian whom the crowd wanted Pontius Pilate to release to make fun of his lisp ("Welease Woger".)
• Roger, a character in the novel Lord of the Flies, Jack's lieutenant and the tribe's torturer/hangman
• Roger (Tekken), a kangaroo character from the Tekken fighting game series, and Roger Jr., his son
• Roger Ackroyd, title character of Agatha Christie's novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
• Roger Brook secret agent and Napoleonic Wars Era gallant in a series of novels by Dennis Wheatley
• Roger Chillingworth, the antagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter
• Roger Danish, a minor character in Arrested Development, Lindsey's high school counterpart and co-winner of the Best Hair Award
• Roger Baxter, Blythe Baxter's father and supporting character in the cartoon Littlest Pet Shop
• Roger Davis (Rent), musician and ex-druggie of Rent
• Roger De Bris, director-turned-actor in The Producers and its musical version
• Roger Fox, from the comic strip FoxTrot
• Roger Healey, captain/major played by Bill Daily in the I Dream of Jeannie 1960's sitcom
• Roger Hoyt, the main character on the short-lived series Life with Roger
• Roger Klotz, a bully on the cartoon series Doug
• Roger Latimer, a character in the 1987 American comedy movie Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
• Monsieur Roger LeClerc, in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
  • Roger MacKenzie, character in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, portrayed by Richard Rankin in the TV adaptation Roger McManus, a character in Rumor has it...
• Roger Murtaugh, cop played by Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon movies
• Roger Peralta, Jake's father in Brooklyn 99
• Roger Piazza, a supporting character from Max & Ruby
• Roger Rabbit, cartoon character from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Roger Radcliffe, in Disney's animated film 101 Dalmatians
• Roger Radcliffe, in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
• Roger Ramjet, cartoon superhero
• Roger Samms, the protagonist in the Bad Mojo
• Roger Smith, the main protagonist of the anime series The Big O
• Roger Sterling, co-owner of the advertising company Sterling Cooper, a character in the television series Mad Men
• Roger the Shrubber, a character in Monty Python and the Holy Grail who sells a shrubbery to King Arthur and Sir Bedevere
• Roger Walker, one of the central protagonists in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome
• Roger Wilco, protagonist of the Space Quest game series

Animal

• Roger (kangaroo), Australian kangaroo with an extraordinary physique, aka "Ripped Roger" (circa 2006 – 2018)

See also

• Roger Dodger (phrase)
• Roger-Vasselin (disambiguation)
• Roger (voice procedure)
• Ruggiero (character)
• Raja (similarly pronounced in some accents)

References

• Book: Hanks . P . Patrick Hanks . 2006 . 2003 . Roger . http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-52944 . Dictionary of American Family Names . . 9780195081374 . . subscription . 10 June 2016 . H2 .
• Book: Hanks . P . Patrick Hanks . Hardcastle . K . Hodges . F . 2006 . 1990 . A Dictionary of First Names . Oxford Paperback Reference . 2nd . . Oxford . 978-0-19-861060-1 . H1 .
• Book: Jones . D . Daniel Jones (phonetician) . Gimson . AC . Alfred C. Gimson . 1986 . 1917 . Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary . 14th . . 4296804M . J1 .

Notes and References

1. [#J1|Jones (1986)]
2. [#H2|Hanks (2006)]
3. [#H2|Hanks (2006)]
4. [#H1|Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]
5. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Roger Slang usage meaning penis from to
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930004257/http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/roger?view=uk Vulgar slang usage meaning to have sexual intercourse (mainly by men)
7. [wikt:roger]
8. Book: Thomas, Dylan . Under Milk Wood . The Definitive . Dylan Thomas . Walford Davies . Ralph Maud . . Last explanatory note referred to page 3, (p. 3), of the original text . Phoenix, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group . 66 .
9. Book: Sherard, Robert . The White Slaves of England . 1897 .
10. Web site: Definition of HODGE .