Roger is a masculine
given name, and a
surname. The given name is derived from the
Old French personal names Roger and Rogier. These names are of
Germanic origin, derived from the elements hrōd, χrōþi ("fame", "renown", "honour") and gār, gēr ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the
Normans.[2] In
Normandy, the
Frankish name had been reinforced by the
Old Norse cognate Hróðgeirr.[3] The name introduced into England replaced the
Old EnglishcognateHroðgar. Roger became a very common given name during the
Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name Roger that is closer to the name's origin is Rodger.[4]
From
c. 1650 up to c. 1870, Roger was slang for the word "
penis".[5][6][7] In Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual
double entendre and the pirate term "Jolly Roger".[8]
In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for another term, the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlorine bleach factories periodically.[9]
From circa 1940 in US and UK
wartime communication, "Roger" came to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in "received", used to acknowledge understanding a message. This spread to civilian usage as "ROGER" replaced "received" in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.[citation needed]
Current British slang includes the word as a verb to mean sexual intercourse, i.e., "took her home and Rogered her."
Hodge meaning Rustic, from Middle English Hoge a nickname of Roger.[10]
Roger Williams (theologian) (1603–1683), English minister, theologian, and author, co-founder of Rhode Island
Roger Williams (soldier) (1539/40–1595), Welsh soldier of fortune and military theorist, one of the principal commanders of Eighty Years' War and Battle of Arques
^Thomas, Dylan. Walford Davies; Ralph Maud (eds.). Under Milk Wood (The Definitive ed.). Phoenix, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group. p. 66. Last explanatory note referred to page 3, (p. 3), of the original text{{
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Roger is a masculine
given name, and a
surname. The given name is derived from the
Old French personal names Roger and Rogier. These names are of
Germanic origin, derived from the elements hrōd, χrōþi ("fame", "renown", "honour") and gār, gēr ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the
Normans.[2] In
Normandy, the
Frankish name had been reinforced by the
Old Norse cognate Hróðgeirr.[3] The name introduced into England replaced the
Old EnglishcognateHroðgar. Roger became a very common given name during the
Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name Roger that is closer to the name's origin is Rodger.[4]
From
c. 1650 up to c. 1870, Roger was slang for the word "
penis".[5][6][7] In Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual
double entendre and the pirate term "Jolly Roger".[8]
In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for another term, the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlorine bleach factories periodically.[9]
From circa 1940 in US and UK
wartime communication, "Roger" came to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in "received", used to acknowledge understanding a message. This spread to civilian usage as "ROGER" replaced "received" in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.[citation needed]
Current British slang includes the word as a verb to mean sexual intercourse, i.e., "took her home and Rogered her."
Hodge meaning Rustic, from Middle English Hoge a nickname of Roger.[10]
Roger Williams (theologian) (1603–1683), English minister, theologian, and author, co-founder of Rhode Island
Roger Williams (soldier) (1539/40–1595), Welsh soldier of fortune and military theorist, one of the principal commanders of Eighty Years' War and Battle of Arques
^Thomas, Dylan. Walford Davies; Ralph Maud (eds.). Under Milk Wood (The Definitive ed.). Phoenix, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group. p. 66. Last explanatory note referred to page 3, (p. 3), of the original text{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (
link)
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.