Hrōþirīk(i)az
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Hrōþirīk(i)az is a reconstructed Germanic name, the derived forms of which are used for a number of people in legend and history. It means "famous ruler", and appears in Old German as Hrodric, in Old English language as Hrēðrīc and Hroðricus, in Old East Norse as Rørik and Old West Norse as Hrœrekr. In the Primary chronicle, it appears as Russian: Рюрик, i.e. Rurik. In Spanish and Portuguese, it was rendered as Rodrigo, or in its short form, Ruy/Rui.
People having the name:
- Hreðric, king Hroðgar's son in Beowulf, who has various counterparts named Rørik and Hrærekr in Norse mythology.
- Hrærekr Ringslinger (Rørik Slængeborræ or Rørik Slyngebond), mythological king in what is today Denmark.
- Rorik of Dorestad, a chieftain who ruled Frisia, in the 9th century. He is sometimes suggested to be the same person as either Rurik or Hrærekr Ringslinger.
- Rurik, legendary Varangian in what is today Russia.
- Roderick, Visigothic king of the 8th century.
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