The personal name Rodney is a toponymic surname derived from the name of an unidentified place near the Somerset/Wiltshire border.^[1] Rodney became a title of the peerage of Great Britain in 1782, as Baron Rodney. Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name in the 18th century, originally in honour of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.^[2]

Surnames

• Brenda Solzano-Rodney (born 1962), West Indian cricketer
• Caesar Rodney (1728–1784), lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware
• Caesar A. Rodney (1772–1824), lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
• Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), merchant and Governor of Delaware
• Daniel Rodney (1764–1846), merchant, Governor and U.S. Senator from Delaware
• Fernando Rodney (born 1977), relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals
• George B. Rodney (1803–1883), lawyer and U.S. Representative from Delaware
• George B. Rodney, Jr. (1842–1927) Governor of Alaska and U.S. Army officer
• George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718–1792), admiral in the British Royal Navy
• George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney (1753–1802)
• George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (1782–1842)
• Sir John Rodney (13??-1400)
• Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney (1785–1846)
• Thomas Rodney (1744–1811), lawyer and Continental Congressman from Delaware
• Walter Rodney (1942–1980), Guyanese historian and politician

Given name

See also: All pages with titles beginning with Rodney

• Rodney (wrestler) (born 1971), American professional wrestler
• Rodney Adams (born 1994), American football player
• Rodney Alcala (1943–2021), convicted American rapist and serial killer
• Rodney Allison (born 1956), American football coach
• Rodney Anderson (Wyoming politician) (born 1931), American politician
• Rodney Anderson (born 1968), American politician
• Rodney Anderson (American football) (born 1996), American football player
• Rodney Anoaʻi, (1966–2000), American professional wrestler better known as Yokozuna and member of Anoaʻi family
• Rodney Ansell (1954–1999), Australian man who inspired the "Crocodile" Dundee films
• Rodney Atkins (born 1969), an American country singer
• Boss Bailey (born 1979), an American football linebacker whose real name is Rodney
• Rodney Bailey (born 1979), an American football player
• Rodney Begnaud (born 1973), American professional wrestler
• Rodney Bewes (1937–2017), English actor
• Rodney Bingenheimer (born 1946), radio disc jockey
• Rod Bonella (1945/46–2000), Australian long-distance runner and horse trainer
• Rod Carew (born 1945), baseball player
• Rodney Carrington (born 1968), comedian and star of Rodney (TV series)
• Rodney Caston (born 1977), American writer
• Rodney Clavell, former South Australian corrections officer and prisoner at Yatala Labour Prison
• Rodney Collin (1909–1956), British writer
• Rodney Craig (born 1945), British fencer
• Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian
• Rodney Eastman (born 1967), Canadian actor
• Rodney Fox (born 1940), Australian film maker and shark attack survivor
• Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (born 1946), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
• Rodney A. Hawes, Jr. (born 1939), American business executive and philanthropist.
• Rodney Howard-Browne (born 1961), South African, American Evangelist
• Rodney Jack (born 1972), St. Vincent football player
• Rodney Jerkins (born 1977), producer
• Rodney King (1965–2012), African-American whose beating by the LAPD sparked race riots in Los Angeles, California
• Rodney Linderman (born 1963), better known as Rodney Anonymous, of the Dead Milkmen
• Rodney MacDonald (born 1972), Canadian politician and former Premier of Nova Scotia
• Rod McKuen (1933–2015), American singer, poet
• Rodney Marks (1968—2000), Australian astrophysicist
• Rodney Marsh (footballer) (born 1944), English footballer
• Rod Marsh (1947–2022), Australian cricketer
• Rodney Matthews (born 1945), English artist and illustrator
• Rodney Mazion (born 1971), American football and baseball player
• Rodney Mullen (born 1966), professional skateboarder
• Rodney Price (born 1972), Jamaican artist
• Rodney Reed (born 1967), American death row inmate
• Rodney Robert Porter (1917–1985), English biochemist
• Rodney Rowland (born 1964), American actor
• Rodney Scott (actor) (born 1978), American actor
• Rodney Scott (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player
• Rodney Scott (pitmaster) (born 1971), American chef and whole-hog barbecue pitmaster
• Rodney Seaborn (1912−2008), Australian psychiatrist and performing arts philanthropist
• Rodney Stuckey (born 1986), American basketball player
• Rodney Vandergert (1935–2009), Sri Lankan diplomat
• Rod Wallace (born 1969), English footballer
• Rodney Wallace (American football) (1949–2013), American football offensive lineman
• Rodney Wallace (fighter) (born 1981), American professional mixed martial arts fighter
• Rodney Wallace (footballer) (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer for New York City FC
• Rodney Wallace (Massachusetts politician) (1823–1903), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
• Rodney Warnakula (born 1961), Sri Lankan actor
• Rodney Williams (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

• Rodney, a hamster villager in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and New Horizons
• Rodney Copperbottom, character in the movie Robots
• Rodney McKay, character in science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis
• Rodney Trotter, character in British sitcom Only Fools and Horses
• Rodney J. Squirrel, one of the main characters from Squirrel Boy
• Rodney Ford, character from manga and anime series Element Hunters
• Rodney Stone, the narrator of boxing novel Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Rodney Wilson, a character in the 2012 American comedy movie Wanderlust
• Rodney, character from Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
• Sir Rodney, character in the American comic strip The Wizard of Id