Rodney
[ˈrɒd.ni]Meaning
from an Old English place name meaning "Hroda's island"
Background Story
Rodney comes from an English surname, which was itself derived from a place name meaning "Hroda's island" in Old English, where Hroda is an Old English given name meaning "fame". The Old English placename was Hrōdanīeġ or Hrōdanīġ, from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz ("fame") and *awjō ("island"). It was first used as a given name in honour of the British admiral Lord Rodney (1719-1792).
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