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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
1155 Rogerus (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1; 1185x1186 Rogeri (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 4, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 5; 1189 Rogeri (gen) GASurv p. 112, Rogerius (nom) ibid. p. 77, Rogero (abl) ibid. p. 91, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 87; c1198 Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 246; 1256 Rogeri (gen) EARNb p. 5, Rogerum (acc) ibid. p. 1, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 3; 1279–80 Rogeri (gen) WaHR-SK p. 33, Rogero (abl) ibid. p. 28, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 29; 1296 Rogeri (gen) RCS-1 p. 92b, Rogero (dat) ibid. p. 93a, Rogerum (acc) ibid. p. 93a, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 94b; 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; 1377 Rogeri (gen) FenPT-2 p. 4, Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 4; 1381 Rogero (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 90, Rogerum (acc) ibid. p. 98, Rogerus (nom) FenPT-2 p. 8, Suffolk1381 p. 73; 1408 Rogerus (nom) GCCYork p. 10; 1424–25 Rogerus (nom) EEW p. 55; 1431 Rogero (dat) WillsInv LVI; 1485–1486 Rogero (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 51; 1554 Rogerus (nom) StMartF p. 58; 1556 Rogerus (nom) ibid. p. 58; 1564 Rodgerus (nom) Chst-1 p. 11
Dutch
1573 Rogier AuFr Courte; 1580 Rutger ibid. Assens
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; 1429 Roger WillsInv LV; 1430 Roger EEW p. 86; 1431 Roger ibid. p. 90; 1434 Roger ibid. p. 98
Early Modern English
1485 Roger WillsInv LXIX; 1511 Roger OrpingtonKe p. 75; 1522 Roger WillsInv LXXVI; 1529 Roger SRS-XXI p. 6; 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; 1542/3 Roger SIAcc 3; 1542 Roger 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; 1546/7 Roger ExMar 1b; 1547 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 6; 1548 Roger BarnstapleBap p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 7; 1550 Roger ExMar 2a, roger WillsInv XCV; 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, StMaryA p. 3, 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; 1564 Roger StMaryA p. 4; 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 Bar-in-El p. 21, 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 Bar-in-El p. 14, COmar-vol5 p. 8, 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; 1524x1532 Rotgher Saareste1923a p. 103
France
Latin
c823 Rotgarius (nom) irminon-vol2 40; 10thC Rotgerius (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 114; 932 Rotgerii (gen) CartSavII 2; 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; 1178 Rogeri (gen) ibid. 167; 1179 Rogero (abl) ibid. 176, Rogerus (nom) ibid. 177; 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
1292 Rogier 1292paris p. 1; 1296 Rogier paris1296 p. 2; 1301 Rogiers (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 240; 1313 Roger Paris1313 p. 100, Rogier ibid. p. 2; 1327 Rogier MemDocMan-2 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; 1560 Roger RegPCC-1 p. 1; 1562 Roger ibid. p. 6; 1563 Roger ibid. p. 18; 1564 Roger ibid. p. 71; 1565 Roger ibid. p. 117; 1566 Roger ibid. p. 199
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; 1256 Rothgeri (gen) CDL-1.1.1 XXVI; 1259 Rotgerus (nom) ibid. XXXI; 1401 Rutgero (dat) HD1401 no. 222; 1540 Rutgeri (gen) quix-vol1 p. 58
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Roger (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 9, Rogeri (gen) ibid. III, p. 5, Rogerus (nom) ibid. III, p. 3
Italy
Latin
1243 Rogerium (acc) hennes-vol1 110; 1245 Rogerus (nom) ibid. 120; 1265x1339 Rogeri (gen) BBC-Berg 384, Rogerii (gen) ibid. 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; 1425 Rogeri (gen) RMSRS-2 27
Scots
1376 Rogero (dat) morton-vol1 16
Spain
Latin
1488 Roger (nom) carbonell p. 22; 1491 Roger (nom) ibid. p. 57
Switzerland
Latin
1134 Rogerio (abl) CartHaut 1; 1180 Rogerii (gen) ibid. 26, Rogerius (nom) ibid. 26
Wales
Latin
1454 Rogerus (nom) ArchCambIII p. 71
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 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Roger.