Roger

German

"famous warrior"

Roger Origin and Meaning

The name Roger is a boy's name of German origin meaning "famous warrior".

In the World War II era, Roger had nothing but the most positive associations, actually used by military personnel to mean 'Received and understood'--or A-OK, and though it is now on extended furlough, it does have a long and distinguished history. Introduced to England after the Norman Conquest of 1066, Roger soon became very popular there, with nicknames Hodge and Dodge, and had a long run later in the U.S, remaining in the Top 100 for 55 years.

Roger has an impressive list of notable namesakes, both fictional and real. Roger Chillingworth is a major character in Hawthorne's classic The Scarlet Letter, and the name appears in works by Ben Jonson and Anthony Trollope. In sports, there have been Rogers Maris, Clemens, Bannister and Federer, in entertainment actor Roger Moore and Roger Daltry, lead singer of The Who. And of course, many of us remember Roger Ramjet from our childhoods.

On the dark side, there is the Jolly Roger--a pirate's black flag with skull and crossbones--which a little boy might actually love.

Roger Rank in US Top 1000

# 759 in the US

Roger Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 519 on Nameberry

Roger Popularity

• 759 US 2023
• 519 Nameberry 2024
• 860 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Roger

• Roger Meddows Taylor drummer and singer for the band Queen
• Roger Sherman American statesman and a Founding Father of the United States
• Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett lead singer of English band Pink Floyd
• (George) Roger Waters bassist of English band Pink Floyd
• Roger George Moore English actor
• Roger Bruce Chaffee American astronaut
• Roger Joseph Ebert American film critic
• Roger William Corman American film director
• Roger Federer Swiss tennis player
• (William) Roger Clemens American baseball pitcher
• Roger Thomas Staubach American NFL football player
• Roger Allen III American NFL football player
• Roger Eugene Maris American baseball player
• Roger Stokoe Goodell American NFL commissioner
• (James Joseph) Roger McGuinn American guitarist for The Byrds
• Roger Mais Jamaican writer
• Roger David Casement Irish revolutionary
• Roger Harry Daltrey lead singer of English band The Who
• Roger Tory Peterson American ornithologist
• Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado (Torres Castillo Roberto) British actor
• Roger Livesey British actor
• Roger Aníbal Espinoza Ramírez Honduran soccer player

Roger in Pop Culture

• Dr. Roger Wakefield (Mackenzie) dashing young Oxford historian in Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" books
• Roger Chillingworth character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
• Roger alien on TV's "American Dad"
• Duke Roger of Conte villain in the "Song of the Lioness" series
• Roger Dearly character in Disney's "101 Dalmatians"
• Roger Hamley character in Elizabeth Gaskell's "Wives and Daughters"
• Roger Parslow character in "Northern Lights"
• Roger Sterling character on TV's "Mad Men"
• Roger Murtaugh Sr. and Roger "RJ" Murtaugh Jr. characters in "Lethal Weapon"
• Roger character in William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"
• Roger character in G. A. Henty's "Both Sides the Border"
• Roger Doofenshmirtz character on animated series "Phineas and Ferb"
• Roger Klotz character on animated series "Doug"
• Roger Evans character on TV's "Sister, Sister"
• Roger Callaway character in movie "It Takes Two"
• Roger character on TV's "Frasier"
• Roger character in the "Gone" series by Michael Grant
• Roger Hawkshaw main character in G. A. Henty's "By Right of Conquest"
• Roger Davis one of the main characters from "Rent"
• Roger Malone character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
• Roger robot in "Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures"
• Roger Greenberg lead character in film "Greenberg"