The Roddy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,127 people carried this name — #4,939 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,957 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Roddy surname

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rodaigh (“descendant of Rodach”), a personal name probably derived from rod (“spirited, furious”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Roddy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 17 births for the Roddy name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Connacht 9
Ulster 6
Leinster 1
Munster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Roddy in American newspapers,
1916–1918.

Newspaper page from The Morgan City Daily Review carrying the name Roddy
The Morgan City Daily Review 1918-02-14
Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Roddy
The St. Charles Herald 1918-01-05
Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Roddy
The Mirror And Farmer 1916-01-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,311 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Roddy in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

4,132 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Roddy. The most, 1,110, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,706
Victoria 760
Western Australia 266
Queensland 226
South Australia 79
ACT (Canberra) 46
Tasmania 36

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Roddy.

Who carried it

People named Roddy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Patrick Roddy 1827–1895 · military officer
  • Martin Roddy 1883–1948 · politician
  • Martin Roddy 1883–1948 · politician
  • Bert M. Roddy 1886–1963 · businessperson
  • Joseph Roddy 1897–1965 · politician
  • Reuben Roddy 1906–1959 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Roddy,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States880 records

880 records of the Roddy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 230
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 225
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 154
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 112
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 73
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 52
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 29
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John P. Roddy

    Born 1919 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Josepth T Robinson Little Rock; porter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lucy Roddy

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the City of New York from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 60; servant. From Queenstown, Ireland; bound for Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald Barrett Roddy

    Born 1943; from Ann Arbor, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 880 records for Roddy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia94 records

94 records of the Roddy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 60
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 21
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Catherine Roddy

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Caroline, arriving 1833; certificate of freedom 1840.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary J. Roddy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Lusitania, aged 31; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Raymond Roddy

    Retired bricklayers labourer of Nth Balwyn, Victoria; died 1981.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 94 records for Roddy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada30 records

30 records of the Roddy name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 18
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Roddy

    Died 1976, aged 92; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Henderson Roddy

    Died 1929 in Nictaux South, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Roddy

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 30 records for Roddy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Roddy name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. A. Roddy

    Manchester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Roddy

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 5 records for Roddy in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Roddy name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Martin G. P. Roddy

    Buried in 1873 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 37.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Roddy in New Zealand.

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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