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The personal name '''Rodney''' originated as a toponym: [[Rodney Stoke]] in [[Somerset]] derived its name from an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "Hroda's island" (''Hroda'' being a short form of an Anglo-Saxon name beginning with the element ''hrod-'' "fame").{{CN|date=July 2014}}<!-- if this info can be cited pls put it in an article and link from here -->
The personal name '''Rodney''' originated as a toponym: [[Rodney Stoke]] in [[Somerset]] derived its name from an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "Hroda's island" (''Hroda'' being a short form of an Anglo-Saxon name beginning with the element ''hrod-'' "fame").{{CN|date=July 2014}}<!-- if this info can be cited pls put it in an article and link from here -->
"Rodney" became a surname in the 18th century, and a title of the peerage of Great Britain in 1782, as [[Baron Rodney]].
''Rodney'' became a surname in the 18th century, and a title of the peerage of Great Britain in 1782, as [[Baron Rodney]].
Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name, originally in honour of Admiral [[George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney]].
Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name, originally in honour of Admiral [[George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney]].

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The personal name Rodney originated as a toponym: Rodney Stoke in Somerset derived its name from an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "Hroda's island" (Hroda being a short form of an Anglo-Saxon name beginning with the element hrod- "fame").[citation needed] Rodney became a surname in the 18th century, and a title of the peerage of Great Britain in 1782, as Baron Rodney. Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name, originally in honour of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

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