Rodrigues
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Rodrigues is a common surname in the Portuguese language
. It was originally a Patronymic
, meaning Son of Rodrigo
or Son of Rui. The "es" signifies "son of". The name Rodrigo (or the short form Rui) is the Portuguese form of Roderick
, meaning "famous power" or "famous ruler", from the Germanic elements "hrod" (fame) and "ric" (power), from the Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīk(i)az. It was the name of Roderic
, the last Visigothic King before the Morrish
Islam
ic conquest, and the subject of many legends. The surname Rodrigues could have originated in the 9th century when patronymic names originated. Its Spanish
equivalent is Rodríguez.
It may refer to:
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
. It was originally a Patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
, meaning Son of Rodrigo
Rodrigo
Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian name derived from the Germanic name Roderick . It may refer to:-Given name:*King Rodrigo, the last Visigothic king of Hispania...
or Son of Rui. The "es" signifies "son of". The name Rodrigo (or the short form Rui) is the Portuguese form of Roderick
Roderick
Roderick, or The Education of a Young Machine is a 1980 science fiction novel by John Sladek. It was followed in 1983 by Roderick at Random, or Further Education of a Young Machine. The two books were originally intended as a single longer novel, and were finally reissued together in 2001 as The...
, meaning "famous power" or "famous ruler", from the Germanic elements "hrod" (fame) and "ric" (power), from the Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīk(i)az. It was the name of Roderic
Roderic
Ruderic was the Visigothic King of Hispania for a brief period between 710 and 712. He is famous in legend as "the last king of the Goths"...
, the last Visigothic King before the Morrish
Moors
The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of the Maghreb region who are predominately of Berber and Arab descent. They came to conquer and rule the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. At that time they were Muslim, although earlier the people had followed...
Islam
Islam
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ic conquest, and the subject of many legends. The surname Rodrigues could have originated in the 9th century when patronymic names originated. Its Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
equivalent is Rodríguez.
It may refer to:
- Amália RodriguesAmália RodriguesAmália da Piedade Rodrigues, GCSE, GCIH, , also known as Amália Rodrigues was a Portuguese singer and actress.She was known as the "Rainha do Fado" and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. She was one of the most important figures in the genre's development, and enjoyed a...
, Portuguese Fado singer - Américo de Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, Portuguese admiral and politician
- Carmona RodriguesCarmona RodriguesAntónio Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues |Alvalade]], Lisbon), grand-nephew of Óscar Carmona, is a university professor and a Portuguese politician...
, Portuguese politician - Diogo RodriguesDiogo RodriguesDiogo Rodrigues was a Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean, after whom the island of Rodrigues is named. In 1528 he explored the islands of Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues, naming it the Mascarene or Mascarenhas Islands, after his countryman Pedro Mascarenhas, who had been there...
, Portuguese explorer - Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer
- Ferro RodriguesFerro RodriguesEduardo Luís Barreto Ferro Rodrigues is a Portuguese politician and economist.He was Minister for Social Security, and later for Public Works in the governments of António Guterres....
, Portuguese politician - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues AlvesFrancisco de Paula Rodrigues AlvesFrancisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, PC was a Brazilian politician who first served as governor of the State of São Paulo in 1887, and as Treasury minister in the 1890s. Rodrigues Alves was elected president of Brazil in 1902 and served until 1906....
, Brazilian politician - Francisco Rodrigues LoboFrancisco Rodrigues LoboFrancisco Rodrigues Lobo was a Portuguese poet and bucolic writer.He was born of rich and noble parents but of Sephardi Portuguese ancestry in Leiria, reading philosophy, poetry and writing of shepherds and shepherdesses by the rivers Liz and Lena. He studied at the University of Coimbra and took...
, Portuguese poet - Guilherme RodriguesGuilherme RodriguesGuilherme Rodrigues is a Portuguese jazz musician.Rodrigues was born in Lisbon, the son of improvising violinist Ernesto Rodrigues, with whom he records and performs. He plays cello and pocket trumpet, and has been following a professional career in music since 1997...
, Portuguese jazz musician - Hermes Rodrigues da FonsecaHermes Rodrigues da FonsecaHermes Rodrigues da Fonseca was a Brazilian soldier and politician. The nephew of Deodoro da Fonseca, the first Brazilian President, he was the country's Minister of War in 1906...
, Brazilian politician - Ivo RodríguesIvo RodríguesIvo Machado Rodrígues is a former marathon runner from Brazil. He won the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 56th place.-Achievements:...
, Brazilian long-distance runner - Jan RodriguesJan RodriguesJuan "Jan" Rodriguez , born in Santo Domingo, was the son of a Portuguese sailor and of an African woman and was the first man, of African and European descent, to live in what would become New York City spending the winter, without the support of anchored ship, at a Dutch fur trading post on Lower...
, the first free black man to live in New York City - João Rodrigues Cabrilho, Portuguese explorer
- João Rodrigues de Castelo Branco, known as Amato Lusitano, Portuguese physician
- Karin RodriguesKarin RodriguesKarin Rodrigues is a female volleyball player. She competed for Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics. There, she won the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. Rodrigues also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.-References:...
, Brazilian volleyball player - Mônica RodriguesMonica RodriguesMônica Rodrigues is a Brazilian volleyball player. She won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Adriana Samuel. She plays for the FIVB, a volleyball association. She has played for eleven years, and has collected eleven...
, Brazilian volleyball player - Nelson RodriguesNélson RodriguesNelson Falcão Rodrigues was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva , considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters' psychology and its use of colloquial dialog...
, Brazilian writer - Olinde RodriguesOlinde RodriguesBenjamin Olinde Rodrigues , more commonly known as Olinde Rodrigues, was a French banker, mathematician, and social reformer.Rodrigues was born into a well-to-do Sephardi Jewish family in Bordeaux....
, French banker and mathematician - Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, Cape Verdean politician
- Rodrigues OttolenguiRodrigues OttolenguiRodrigues Ottolengui was an American writer and dentist of Sephardic descent. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he moved to New York, where he would spend most of his adult life, in 1877.-Biography:...
, American writer and dentist - Sarmento RodriguesSarmento RodriguesManuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues was a naval officer, colonist and professor. He was born in 1899 in Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Portugal. He attended a secondary school in Bragança and attended the University of Coimbra...
, Portuguese marine official, colonist and professor - Simão RodriguesSimão RodriguesSimão Rodrigues de Azevedo , was a Portuguese Jesuit priest, , one of the co-founders of the Society of Jesus....
, Portuguese Jesuit - Sunith Francis RodriguesSunith Francis RodriguesGen. Sunith Francis Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, formerly Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army. Born on 19 September 1933 in Bombay. Over the years as Governor, in Punjab, he has generally received a positive response by the Punjabi press and the Punjabi people have accepted him as one their own...
, Indian military and politician - Urbano Tavares RodriguesUrbano Tavares RodriguesUrbano Tavares Rodrigues, GCIH is a Portuguese professor of literature, a literary critic and a fiction writer, winner of many literary prizes. He was born in 1923 in Lisbon, Portugal, but spent most of his childhood near Moura, in Alentejo, the Southern region of Portugal...
, Portuguese writer - Vasco Rodrigues Santana, Portuguese actor
- Victor Rodrigues, Indian novelist and short story writer