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Name Roger

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From Old High German words for fame and spear

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About the name Roger in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	German, French, English
US 2021 rank:	#682 ... 684:Dario, 685:Marcel, 686:Roger, 687:Ty, 688:Ahmad ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Tøger, Asger, Gomer, Grover, Holger, Homer, Inger, Notger, Omer, Ömer Details

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About Roger, the group of names with the same origin as Roger

Language of origin:	Old High German
Info about origin:	old Germanic two-element name
	the form Roger was brought to Britain by the Normans where this name displaced the native form Hrothgar
Words:	hruod = the fame Old High German
	ger = the spear Old High German
Topics:	Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	11:Roger Belgium 2013
Old/original forms:	Hrodgar Old High German, Hrodger Old High German, Hrothgar Old English
Name variants:	Roger, Rogério, Rudger, Rüdiger, Ruggero Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Roger

Series	Graph	Rankings
Belgium prevalence		2013 11
England+Wales decades	Graph	1974 96, 1964 61, 1954 41, 1944 13, 1934 67
Spain	Graph	2009 94, 2008 98, 2007 100, 2006 99
Sweden prevalence		2014 66
Switzerland		1997 152
Switzerland prevalence		2013 27
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 257, 1980-1989 163, 1970-1979 92, 1960-1969 50
USA prevalence		1990 50
USA yearly	Graph	2023 757, 2022 749, 2021 682, 2020 679, 2019 695, 2018 636, 2017 624, 2016 643, 2015 579, 2014 581, 2013 556, 2012 565, 2011 527, 2010 511, 2009 496, 2008 462, 2007 467, 2006 455, 2005 417, 2004 413, 2003 394, 2002 384, 2001 369, 2000 374, 1999 358, 1998 347, 1997 325, 1996 285, 1995 278, 1994 264, 1993 253

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