Dodger

English

"one who avoids"

Dodger Origin and Meaning

The name Dodger is a boy's name meaning "one who avoids".

A common pet name, usually inspired by the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, Dodger was used as a given name for 6 boys in a recent year.

Fiction writer Terry Pratchett used Dodger as a character name for his 2012 novel Dodger. He took the name from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist character Jack Dawkins, also known as the Artful Dodger. In the UK, the name would likely be associated with Jammie Dodger biscuits, named after the character, Roger the Dodger, from the long running comic, The Beano.