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Roger m. Old Saxon hrōth, Old High German hruod 'fame' + Old High German, Old Saxon gēr 'spear'.

The name of a legendary 6th C Danish king, three 11th and 12th C rulers of Sicily, an 11th C Italian saint, and a 13th C English saint.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Rogero (abl) JeanIII p. 26, Rutgherus (nom) ibid. p. 22
England
Latin
1189 Rogeri (gen) GASurv p. 112, Rogerius (nom) ibid. p. 77, Rogero (abl) ibid. p. 91, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 87; 1279–80 Rogeri (gen) WaHR-SK p. 33, Rogero (abl) ibid. p. 28, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 29; 1299 Rogerus (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 2; 1300 Rogerus (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 235; 1301 Rogerus (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 3; 1302 Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 4; 1347 Rogeri (gen) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 7; 1381 Rogero (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 90, Rogerum (acc) ibid. p. 98, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 73; 1408 Rogerus (nom) GCCYork p. 10; 1424–25 Rogerus EEW p. 55; 1485–1486 Rogero (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 51
Middle English
1395 Roger EEW p. 8, Rogers (gen) ibid. p. 8; 1420 Roger ibid. p. 52; 1424–25 Roger ibid. p. 55; 1425 Roger ibid. p. 63; 1426 Roger ibid. p. 70; 1430 Roger ibid. p. 86; 1431 Roger ibid. p. 90; 1434 Roger ibid. p. 98
English
1511 Roger OrpingtonKe p. 75; 1530 Rogar LIWill-III p. 84, Roger ibid. p. 7; 1531 Roger SaxhamSf p. 121; 1539 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 1; 1540 Roger ibid. p. 1; 1541 Roger StAnthonlin p. 2, Rogere BarnstapleBap p. 2; 1542 Roger ibid. p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 3; 1543 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 4; 1544 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 4; 1545 Roger ibid. p. 4; 1546 Roger BEmar-vol1 p. 3, BarnstapleBap p. 5; 1547 Roger ibid. p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 6; 1548 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 7; 1551 Roger BEmar-vol1 p. 4, BarnstapleBap p. 6; 1552 Roger ibid. p. 7; 1553 Roger ibid. p. 8; 1554 Roger bruton-vol1 p. 26; 1555 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 9, bruton-vol1 p. 27; 1556 Roger ibid. p. 27; 1557 Rodger BarnstapleBap p. 10, Roger ibid. p. 10, bruton-vol1 p. 28; 1558 Roger StAnthonlin p. 12; 1559 Rodger BarnstapleBap p. 10, Roger CAmar-vol1 p. 1, StAnthonlin p. 13, bruton-vol1 p. 30; 1560 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 10, StAnthonlin p. 13; 1561 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 11, StAnthonlin p. 14, bruton-vol1 p. 3; 1562 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 12, StAnthonlin p. 14, bruton-vol1 p. 32; 1563 Roger StAnthonlin p. 15, bruton-vol1 p. 33; 1565 Roger StAnthonlin p. 17; 1566 Roger ibid. p. 18, bruton-vol1 p. 35; 1567 Roger BUmar-vol1 p. 2, BUmar-vol9 p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 18; 1568 Roger ibid. p. 19; 1569 Roger DEmar-vol1 p. 82; 1570 Roger bruton-vol1 p. 38; 1572 Roger DEmar-vol1 p. 82, bruton-vol1 p. 40; 1573 Roger StAnthonlin p. 23, bruton-vol1 p. 6; 1574 Roger BUmar-vol9 p. 148; 1574/5 Roger HAmar-vol9 p. 3; 1575 Roger DEmar-vol1 p. 83, StAnthonlin p. 24; 1577 Roger ibid. p. 25; 1578 Roger BUmar-vol2 p. 62, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, StAnthonlin p. 26; 1579 Roger COmar-vol2 p. 71; 1580 Roger BUmar-vol2 p. 63; 1581 Roger DEmar-vol2 p. 6; 1582 Roger StAnthonlin p. 29; 1583 Roger BEmar-vol2 p. 130, DEmar-vol1 p. 84; 1584 Roger StAnthonlin p. 31; 1585 Roger BEmar-vol1 p. 12, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, StAnthonlin p. 31; 1586 Roger BEmar-vol2 p. 96, DEmar-vol2 p. 12; 1587 Roger ibid. p. 14, StAnthonlin p. 32; 1588/9 Roger BEmar-vol1 p. 13; 1588 Roger DEmar-vol1 p. 85, StAnthonlin p. 33; 1589 Roger COmar-vol2 p. 71, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, StAnthonlin p. 33, bruton-vol1 p. 48; 1590 Roger ibid. p. 9; 1591 Roger DEmar-vol2 p. 23, bruton-vol1 p. 50; 1592 Roger DEmar-vol2 p. 24, StAnthonlin p. 35, bruton-vol1 p. 51; 1593 Roger BUmar-vol2 p. 65, StAnthonlin p. 36, bruton-vol1 p. 10; 1594 Roger COmar-vol2 p. 123, DEmar-vol2 p. 28; 1595 Roger ibid. p. 30, StAnthonlin p. 37, bruton-vol1 p. 10; 1596 Roger DEmar-vol2 p. 33, bruton-vol1 p. 54; 1597 Roger StAnthonlin p. 38, bruton-vol1 p. 56; 1598 Roger COmar-vol2 p. 50, bruton-vol1 p. 56; 1599 Roger BUmar-vol9 p. 10, DEmar-vol2 p. 42, StAnthonlin p. 39
Estonia
Middle Low German
1379x1383 Rotgher BbRT p. 336; 1383 Rotgher ibid. p. 336; 1387 Rotgher ibid. p. 339; 1399 Rotgher ibid. p. 342; 1400 Rotger ibid. p. 342; 1407 Rotger ibid. p. 344; 1409 Rotger ibid. p. 345; 1412 Rotgher ibid. p. 346; 1416 Rotger ibid. p. 347; 1429 Rotgert ibid. p. 353; 1430 Rotger ibid. p. 354; 1437 Rotgher ibid. p. 360; 1438 Rochtgher ibid. p. 361; 1442 Rotger ibid. p. 364; 1443 Rotger ibid. p. 365
France
Latin
c823 Rotgarius (nom) irminon-vol2 40; 10thC Rotgerius (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 114; 1015 Rogerii (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225; 1029x1033 Rotgerius (nom) CartStPC XII; 1030 Rogerius (nom) StVdM-II 712; 1090x1101 Rogerius (nom) CartStPC XLIII; 1101x1120 Rogerii (gen) ibid. XXIV; 1101x1129 Rogerii (gen) ibid. XXVIII, Rogerio (abl) ibid. XXVIII, Rogerius (nom) ibid. XXXVI; 1102x1144 Rogerii (gen) ibid. XLV; 1107 Rogerius (nom) ibid. XVII; a1108 Rogerius (nom) ibid. XXI; 1113 Rogerii (gen) CartNDJosaphat III; 1114 Rogerius (nom) ibid. IV; 1115 Rogerius (nom) ibid. VI; 1115x1149 Rogerius (nom) CartStPC X; a1116 Rogerii (gen) ibid. XX; 1120 Rogerius (nom) CartNDJosaphat VIII; 1121 Rogerio (abl) ibid. IX; 1124 Rogerius (nom) ibid. XIII; 1135 Rogeri (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXVIII, Rogerus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138x62 Rogerius (nom) ibid. 80; c1140 Rogeri (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XCIX; 1142 Rogerus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 9; 1145 Rogerius (nom) ibid. 11; 1147 Rogerii (gen) ibid. 14, Rogerius (nom) ibid. 14, Rogerus (nom) ibid. 14; 1147x1162 Rogerio (abl) ibid. 52, Rogerius (nom) ibid. 52; c1150 Rogerus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp CXIII; 1162 Rogeri (gen) ibid. LXIII, Rogerius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 40; a1163 Rogerus (nom) ibid. 97; 1163 Rogerii (gen) ibid. 99, Rogerio (abl) ibid. 99; 1163–64 Rogerii (gen) ibid. 107, Rogerius (nom) ibid. 108, Rogerus (nom) ibid. 107; 1164 Rogerii (gen) ibid. 120, Rogerius (nom) ibid. 120, Rogerus (nom) ibid. 120; 1180 Rogero (abl) CartNDdOurscamp LV; 1190 Rogero (abl) ibid., Rogerum (acc) ibid. CII, Rogerus (nom) ibid. CII; 1201 Rogerus (nom) ibid. LXI; 1205 Rogeri (gen) ibid. LXXXV, Rogero (abl) ibid. LXXXV; 1222 Rogerus (nom) ibid. XXXVIII; 1258 Rogerus (nom) ArrestReg-volI VIII, pluribus; 1259 Rogero (abl) ibid. III, BMV, Rogerus (nom) ibid. III, BMV; 1260 Rogeri (gen) ibid. II, St. Martin, Rogerii (gen) ibid. XXIII, Ascension, Rogerus (nom) ibid. XI, Pentecost; 1273 Rogerii (gen) RegToul-13thC p. 37; 1301 Rogeri (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 204, Rogero (abl) ibid. p. 200, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 203; 1378 Rogeri (gen) hanquetvol1 678, Rogerii (gen) ibid. 147, Rogerio (abl) ibid. 783, Rogero (dat) ibid. 708, Rogier (nom) ibid. 1333
1101x1129 Rogrini (gen) CartStPC XXII; a1116 Rogrini (gen) ibid. XX
Old French
1296 Rogier paris1296 p. 2; 1301 Rogiers (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 240; 1313 Roger Paris1313 p. 100, Rogier ibid. p. 2; 1327 Rogier lecoy p. 186
1296 Rogerin paris1296 p. 18; 1313 Rogerin Paris1313 p. 48
Middle French
1392 Roger MemBret-II col. 603, Rogier ibid. col. 600; 1418 Rogier HGParis p. 374; 1421 Rogier favier 116; 1423 Rogier ibid. 198; 1438 Rogier ibid. 78
1418 Rogerin HGParis p. 386; 1421 Rogerin favier 954; 1423 Rogerin ibid. 296
Germany
Latin
822x875 Rothgerus (nom) TradCorb §97; 1142 Ruodeger (nom) mairhofer VIII; 1151 Ruodeger (nom) ibid. XLI; 1401 Rutgero (dat) HD1401 no. 222; 1540 Rutgeri (gen) quix-vol1 p. 58
Italy
Latin
1243 Rogerium (acc) hennes-vol1 110; 1245 Rogerus (nom) ibid. 120; 1265x1339 Rogerii (gen) BBC-Berg 24; 1281 Rogerii (gen) ibid. p. XLIII; 1282 Rogerius (nom) ibid. p. XLVIII; 1285 Rogerii (gen) ibid. p. XLIII, Rugerii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 156; 1291 Rogerii (gen) BBC-Berg p. XLIV; 1324 Rogerius (nom) DSF p. 46, 3700
Latvia
Middle Low German
1452 Rotghar Arbusow p. 97
Scotland
Latin
c1120 Rogerio (abl) ESC XXXV; a1199 Rogeri (gen) CartNBer 2; 1214–1226 Rogero (abl) morton-vol1 1
Scots
1376 Rogero (dat) morton-vol1 16
Spain
Latin
1488 Roger (nom) carbonell p. 22
Cite as: R. Le Get, N. Shiel, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Roger". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Roger.