Rodríguez
Encyclopedia
Rodríguez is a Spanish
Patronymic
(meaning Son of Rodrigo
) and a common family name
(surname
) in Spain
, Latin America
, and The Philippines. The "ez" signifies "son of". The name Rodrigo is the Spanish form of Roderick, meaning "famous power", from the Germanic elements "hrod" (fame) and "ric" (power). It was the name of Roderic
, the last Visigothic King before the Muslim conquest, and the subject of many legends. The surname Rodríguez could have originated in the 9th century when patronymic
names originated.
It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
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...
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...
) and a common family name
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
(surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
) in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, and The Philippines. The "ez" signifies "son of". The name Rodrigo is the Spanish form of Roderick, meaning "famous power", from the Germanic elements "hrod" (fame) and "ric" (power). 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 Muslim conquest, and the subject of many legends. The surname Rodríguez could have originated in the 9th century when 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...
names originated.
It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
General
- Albita RodríguezAlbita RodríguezAlbita Rodríguez , known in her music career simply as Albita, is a Grammy-winning Cuban-American singer, producer and composer.Albita was born in Havana, Cuba...
, United States singer - Alejandro Encinas RodríguezAlejandro Encinas RodríguezAlejandro Encinas Rodríguez is a left-wing Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. He served as the 4th Head of Government of the Federal District from 2005 to 2006....
, Mexican politician - Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez CastelaoAlfonso Daniel Rodríguez CastelaoAlfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao , most commonly known as simply Castelao, was a Galician writer in Galician language and one of the main symbols of Galician nationalism...
(1886–1950), Spanish writer and politician - Alphonsus RodriguezAlphonsus RodriguezSaint Alphonsus Rodríguez was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now venerated as a saint. He was a native of Segovia. He is sometimes confused with Fr...
, Spanish saint - Antonio Rodríguez San JuanAntonio Rodríguez San JuanAntonio Rodriguez San Juan, is a Venezuela Politician. He was the governor of Vargas State from 2000 to 2008. He is a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez.-External links:*...
, Venezuela politician - Bender Bending RodríguezBender Bending RodríguezBender Bending Rodríguez, designated Bending Unit 22, is a fictional robot character in the animated television series Futurama. He was created by series creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen and is voiced by John DiMaggio. In the series, Bender plays the role of a comic anti-hero, and is...
, character from the TV series Futurama - Carrie RodriguezCarrie RodriguezCarrie Luz Rodriguez is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter and the daughter of Texan singer-songwriter David Rodriguez and well-known Texas painter Katy Nail, and is the granddaughter of prolific Texas essayist Frances Nail. She sings and plays the fiddle, mandobird and tenor guitar...
, United States singer-songwriter - Cayetano José RodríguezCayetano José RodríguezCayetano José Rodríguez was an Argentine cleric, journalist and poet. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of Argentina....
, Argentine politician - Daniel RodríguezDaniel RodriguezDaniel Rodríguez is an American operatic tenor from New York City. He became known as "The Singing Policeman" in his former work with the New York City Police Department, due to his role as one of the department's designated National Anthem singers...
, United States tenor - David Rodriguez (singer-songwriter), United States singer-songwriter
- Eduardo RodríguezEduardo RodríguezEduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is a former president of Bolivia; prior to that appointment he was the chief justice of the Supreme Court.-Background:...
, former president of Bolivia - Elizabeth RodriguezElizabeth RodriguezElizabeth Rodriguez is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Carmen Morales on All My Children .-Filmography:-External links:...
, United States actress - Ellie Rodriguez (journalist)Ellie Rodriguez (journalist)Ellie Rodriguez is a Cuban-American journalist and television personality.-Early life:Rodriguez was born to Cuban parents. She graduated with honors from the University of Miami in 2003 as a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Theatre Arts.-Career:...
, United States journalist - Emir Rodríguez MonegalEmir Rodriguez MonegalEmir Rodríguez Monegal was a Uruguayan scholar, literary critic, and editor of Latin American literature. From 1969 to 1985, Rodríguez Monegal was professor of Latin American contemporary literature at Yale University. He is usually called by his second surname Emir R...
(1921–1985), Uruguyan literary critic, editor, writer - Freddy RodriguezFreddy RodriguezFreddy Rodriguez is an American actor known for playing the characters Hector Federico "Rico" Diaz on HBO's Six Feet Under and El Wray in Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror...
, United States actor - Gerardo Matos RodríguezGerardo Matos RodríguezGerardo Hernan Matos Rodríguez Montevideo, Uruguay, also known as Becho, was a Uruguayan musician, composer and journalist.-Background and early career:...
, Uruguayan composer - Jai RodriguezJai RodriguezJai Rodriguez is an actor and musician best known as the culture guide on the Bravo network's Emmy-winning American reality television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He has also co-authored a book with the other Queer Eye hosts.-Biography:Rodriguez is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent,...
, United States actor - Johnny RodriguezJohnny RodriguezJohnny Rodriguez is an American country music singer. He was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish....
, United States country singer - José Luis Rodríguez (singer) ("El Puma"), Venezuelan singer and actor
- José Luis Rodríguez PittíJosé Luis Rodríguez PittíJosé Luis Rodríguez Pittí is a contemporary writer and documentary photographer. He was born in Panamá.He is the author of short stories, poems and essays and published the books "Panamá Blues" , "miniTEXTOS" , "Sueños urbanos" , "Crónica de invisibles" José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 29 March...
(1971- ), Panamanian writer and artist - José Luis Rodríguez ZapateroJosé Luis Rodríguez ZapateroJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party . He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he will not stand for re-election in 2012...
, Spanish politician - Jesusa RodríguezJesusa RodriguezJesusa Rodríguez is a Mexican director, actress, playwright, performance artist, and social activist.Her "espectáculos" do not necessarily adhere to traditional genre classification: they can reflect elite styles or popular; draw on Greek tragedy, cabaret, pre-Columbian, operatic traditions; take...
, Mexican performer - Junius P. RodriguezJunius P. RodriguezJunius P. Rodriguez is a history professor at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, who has been the general editor of reference books on the history of slavery in the United States and the world.-Early life, education and career:...
(born 1957), United States academic - Luis J. RodriguezLuis J. RodriguezLuis J. Rodriguez is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. His work has won several awards, and he is recognized as a major figure of contemporary Chicano literature...
(born 1954), United States writer - Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza (1785-1818), Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile
- Mariano Ospina RodríguezMariano Ospina RodríguezMariano Ospina Rodríguez was a Colombian politician, journalist and lawyer, founder of the Colombian Conservative Party and later President of Colombia between 1857 and 1861 during the Granadine Confederation.- Biographic data :...
, Colombian politician - Mariel RodriguezMariel RodríguezMariel Rodriguez-Padilla is a Filipino commercial model, endorser, TV host, former MTV VJ and actress. She first started as an MTV VJ. Currently, she co-hosts the noontime variety show Happy Yipee Yehey!...
, Filipina actress and T.V. host - Mario Rodríguez CobosMario Rodríguez CobosSilo —pseudonym of Mario Luis Rodríguez Cobos — was an Argentine writer and founder of the Humanist Movement....
, Argentinean philosopher, author and nonviolence advocate - Maxime RodriguezMaxime RodriguezMaxime Rodriguez, born in Colombes, France, is a French composer. Many of his works, such as Esperanza, Child of Nazareth, and Tango Volver, D'Artagnan, Coeur Brave, L'enfant pur, have been used for figure skating programs....
, French composer - Michelle RodriguezMichelle RodriguezMayte Michelle Rodríguez , known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress. Following on from her breakthrough role in 2000's Girlfight, she is best known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil,...
, United States actress - Miguel Ángel RodríguezMiguel Ángel RodríguezMiguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría is a Costa Rican economist, lawyer, businessman, and politician. He served as President of Costa Rica from 1998 to 2002 and was briefly Secretary General of the Organization of American States in 2004, before stepping down and returning to his country to face...
, Costa Rican politician - Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
, United States composer - Ramón "Raymond" Luis Ayala Rodríguez, known as Daddy YankeeDaddy YankeeRamón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
, Puerto Rican rapper - Robert RodriguezRobert RodriguezRobert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet...
, United States film director - Silvio RodríguezSilvio RodríguezSilvio Rodríguez Domínguez is a Cuban musician, and a leader of the nueva trova movement.He is considered Cuba's best known folk singer and known for his highly eloquent and symbolic lyrics. Many of his songs have become classics in Latin American music, such as Ojalá, Playa Girón, Unicornio and...
, Cuban singer-songwriter - Simón RodríguezSimón RodríguezSimón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....
, Venezuelan philosopher and educator - Sixto Diaz RodriguezSixto Diaz RodriguezSixto Diaz Rodriguez is an American folk musician, born in Detroit, Michigan on . He was named 'Sixto' because he was the sixth child in his family. Rodriguez's parents were middle-class immigrants from Mexico, who left in the 1920s...
, (a.k.a Rodriguez) United States singer - Sonia RodriguezSonia RodriguezSonia Rodriguez is a Canadian ballet dancer.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she moved to Madrid, Spain, at age five. Rodriguez received dance training there with Pedro de la Cruz and also at the Princess Grace Academy in Monaco...
, Canadian ballet dancer - Ventura RodríguezVentura RodríguezVentura Rodríguez Tizón was a Spanish architect and artist. Born at Ciempozuelos, Rodríguez was the son of a bricklayer. In 1727, he collaborated with his father in the work at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez.-Major works:...
, Spanish architect - William E. RodriguezWilliam E. RodriguezWilliam E. Rodriguez was an American socialist politician and lawyer. A founding member of the Chicago chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Rodriguez is best remembered as the first Hispanic individual elected to the Chicago City Council....
(1879–1970), Socialist Chicago City Council member and lawyer - Ydanis RodríguezYdanis RodriguezYdanis Rodríguez is currently a Democratic New York City Council member from the borough of Manhattan and the Chair of the Higher Education Committee.-Early life and background:...
, Democratic New York City Council member
Sports
- Ademar RodríguezAdemar RodríguezAndrés Ademar Rodríguez is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for Mexican club Club América.-External links:* http://stats.televisadeportes.esmas.com/futbol/jugadores/andres-ademar-rodriguez/4499...
(born 1990), Mexican footballer - Alex RodriguezAlex RodriguezAlexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez is an American professional baseball third baseman with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. Known popularly by his nickname A-Rod, he previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers.Rodriguez is considered one of the best...
(born 1975), American baseball player - Amy RodriguezAmy RodriguezAmy Joy Rodriguez is an American soccer forward currently playing for Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team....
(born 1987), American soccer player - Clemente RodríguezClemente RodríguezClemente Juan Rodríguez is an Argentine football who plays for Boca Juniors in the Argentine Primera División. He is right footed, and can play in both sides as full back.-Club career:...
, Argentinian football player - Cosiri RodríguezCosiri RodriguezCosiri Rodríguez Andino de Dionicio is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #15 jersey...
, Dominican volleyball player - Cristian Rodríguez (boxer)Cristian Rodríguez (boxer)Manuel Cristian Rodríguez is a retired professional boxer from Argentina. As an amateur, Rodríguez represented his native country in the featherweight division , winning a bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina...
, Argentine boxer - Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)Douglas Rodríguez is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....
(born 1950), Cuban boxer - Edemir RodríguezEdemir RodríguezEdemir Rodríguez Mercado is a Bolivian football defender. He has played for Bolivar.Rodríguez has been capped for the Bolivian national team 4 times.-External links:*...
(born 1986), Bolivian football player - Ellie RodríguezEllie RodríguezEliseo Rodríguez Delgado , is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played from 1968-1976 for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, and Los Angeles Dodgers....
(born 1946), Puerto Rican baseball player - Emiliano RodríguezEmiliano RodríguezEmiliano Rodríguez is a retired Spanish basketball player.On the club level, he played for Aismalibar and Real Madrid...
, Spanish basketball player - Ernesto RodríguezErnesto RodríguezErnesto Hernán Rodríguez Gómez is a volleyball player who represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he finished ninth place with the Men's National Team. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:...
(born 1969), Spanish volleyball player - Iván RodríguezIván RodríguezIván Rodríguez Torres , nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Major League Baseball catcher...
(born 1971), Puerto Rican baseball player - Jay RodriguezJay RodriguezJay Enrique Rodriguez is an English footballer who plays as a Striker . He currently plays for Burnley.-Early life:Rodríguez, of Spanish descent, was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of Enrique and Carol Rodríguez . He attended Heasandford Primary School and Barden High School in the town...
, English footballer - Jennifer RodriguezJennifer RodriguezJennifer Rodriguez is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 1993...
, American speed skater - Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez (born 1935), Puerto Rican professional golfer
- Laurent RodriguezLaurent RodriguezLaurent Rodriguez is a retired French rugby player.He made his international debut for France on 5 July 1981 in a test against Australia. Rodriguez was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where France was runners-up to New Zealand....
(born 1960), French rugby union player and coach - Luis Rodríguez (volleyball)Luis Rodríguez (volleyball)Luis Rodríguez is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. In the same year the middle-blocker claimed the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship in Anaheim.-References:*...
(born 1969), Puerto Rican volleyball player - Marvin RodríguezMarvin RodríguezMarvin Rodríguez Ramírez is a Costa Rican football coach and former striker. He coached the Costa Rican national team to its first World Cup participation in 1990.-Career:...
, Costa Rican football player - Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian football player
- Pedro Rodríguez (cyclist)Pedro Rodríguez (cyclist)Pedro Álvaro Rodríguez Rosero is a retired male road cyclist from Ecuador, who was a professional from 1992 to 1995. Nicknamed "El Aguila de Tulcán" he competed for his native South American country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in the men's road race, alongside Héctor Chiles and...
, Ecuadorian road cyclist - Rich RodriguezRich RodriguezRichard A. "Rich" Rodriguez is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University , Glenville State College , West Virginia University , and the University...
(born 1963), American football coach - Richard RodríguezRichard RodríguezRichard Angelo Rodríguez Rodríguez is a male track and road cyclist from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.-Career:199819992000...
, Chilean road cyclist - Vicente Rodríguez (boxer)Vicente Rodríguez (boxer)Vicente Rodríguez Royán is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the third round of the flyweight division division by North Korea's Ung Jo-Jong.-References:*...
, Spanish boxer - Wandy RodríguezWandy RodríguezWandy Fulton Rodríguez is a Dominican pitcher for the Houston Astros. He is a native of Santiago Rodriguez, located in the North Region of the Dominican Republic.-Playing career:...
, Dominican baseball player - Yulianne RodríguezYulianne RodríguezYulianne Rodríguez Cruz is a women's basketball player from Cuba. Playing as a forward she won the gold medal with the Cuba women's national basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.-References:*...
, Cuban basketball player - A family of Mexican professional wrestlers:
- Aaron Rodríguez (born 1942), better known as Mil MáscarasMil MáscarasAaron Rodríguez , best known as Mil Máscaras , is a semi-retired Mexican professional wrestler and actor, who has starred in several films with fellow luchadores...
; also notable as an actor - José Luis Rodríguez (born 1951), better known as Dos CarasDos CarasJosé Luis Rodríguez is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras . Dos Caras' most active years were in the 1970s and 80s, and achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance winning the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times...
; brother of Mil Máscaras - Alberto Rodríguez (born 1977), son of Dos Caras and nephew of Mil Máscaras; also known as Dos Caras, Jr. (in Mexico) and Alberto Del Rio (in WWE)
- Aaron Rodríguez (born 1942), better known as Mil Máscaras
See also
- Rodrigues (surname), PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese 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...
equivalent of Rodríguez. - Disambiguation Sub-Pages:
- Alberto Rodríguez
- Alfonso Rodriguez
- Alejandro Rodríguez
- Ángel Rodríguez
- Antonio Rodríguez
- Cesar Rodriguez
- Fernando Rodríguez
- Francisco Rodriguez
- Guillermo Rodríguez
- Héctor Rodríguez
- Jorge Rodríguez
- José Luis Rodríguez
- Luis Rodriguez
- Marco RodriguezMarco Rodriguez (disambiguation)Marco Rodriguez may refer to:* Marco Rodríguez , Hispanic actor* Marco Antonio Rodríguez , Mexican football referee* Marco Rodriguez, known as Khushnood Butt outside of Japan, a video game character from Garou: Mark of the Wolves...
- Mauricio Rodríguez
- Natalia Rodríguez
- Pablo Rodríguez