Roger 987632 225984316 2008-07-16T09:30:56Z 67.172.13.176 /* First name */ {| class="infobox bordered" style="width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;" |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''Roger''' |- ! Gender: | Male |- ! Meaning: | ''Famous spear'' |- | colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;" | {{{footnotes|}}} |} '''Roger''' is primarily a common first name of English, French, and [[Catalan language|Catalan]] usage, ("Rogier", "Rutger" in [[Dutch]]) from the Germanic elements ''hrod'' (fame) and ''ger'' (spear) meaning "famous with the spear". The [[Latin]] form of the name is ''[[Rogerius]]'', as used by a few medieval figures. The name ''Roger'' was transmitted to England by the [[Normans]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] along with other names such as [[William (name)|William]], [[Robert]], [[Richard]], and [[Hugh]]. It replaced its [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo-Saxon]] [[cognate]], ''[[Hroðgar]]''. Roger is in the Netherlands more commonly translated as "Rutger". Rogier is more likely to be used in France and in Germany. ==Voice procedure== In [[voice procedure]]s, "Roger" means "GUM" (got your message) in both [[military aviation|military-]] and [[civil aviation|civilian aviation]] [[two-way radio|radio]] communications. This usage comes from the initial R of ''received'': R was called ''Roger'' in then-current [[radio alphabet]]s such as the [[Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet]]. It is also often shortened in writing to "rgr". R is ''Romeo'' in the modern [[NATO phonetic alphabet]]; the updated phrases now in use are, for example, "I'll Romeo that" or "Romeo and Out".{{Fact|date=April 2008}} Contrary to popular belief, ''Roger'' does not mean "I will comply". That distinction goes to the [[acronym]] ''[[Wilco (disambiguation)|wilco]]'', a contraction of the phrase "will comply". ==Slang== Roger is also a short version of the term [[Jolly Roger]] which refers to a black flag with white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea [[pirates]] since as early as 1723. From c.1650 to c.1870 Roger was slang for the word "[[penis]]" probably due to the origin of the name involving fame with a spear.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Roger Online Etymology Dictionary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roger]</ref> Therefore "roger" became slang for "have sex with". In 19th century England, Roger was slang for the cloud of toxic green gas that periodically swept through the chlorine bleach factories.<ref>{{cite book | last = Sherard | first = Robert | title = The White Slaves of England | date = 1897 }}</ref> ==People== ===Only name=== *[[Roger I of Sicily]], Norman ruler of [[Sicily]] *[[Roger II of Sicily]], Norman ruler of [[Sicily]] *[[Roger, bishop of Worcester]] from 1163 to 1179 *[[Roger (porn star)|Roger]], a porn star *[[Roger José de Noronha da Silva|Roger]], Brazilian football goalkeeper *[[Roger Roger (composer)|Roger Roger]], French composer ===First name=== * [[Roger Adams]], [[Nobel Prize]] chemist * [[Roger Angell]], baseball writer for [[The New Yorker]] * [[Roger Avary]], motion picture director * [[Roger Bacon]] * [[Roger Bannister]], first man to run the four minute mile * [[Syd Barrett|Roger "Syd" Barrett]], founder of [[Pink Floyd]] * [[Roger C. Carmel]], American [[character actor]] * [[Roger Casement]], Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary, and British Diplomat * [[Roger Chan]], the Bus uncle * [[Roger Christian (songwriter)|Roger Christian]], pop music lyricist * [[Roger Clemens]], [[baseball]] player * [[Roger Corman]], B-movie director and producer * [[Roger Craig (baseball)|Roger Craig]], baseball player and [[Roger Craig]], American football player * [[Roger Daltrey]], [[lead singer]] of [[The Who]] * [[Roger Danuarta]], [[Indonesia]]n [[actor]] * [[Roger Davis (television actor)|Roger Davis]], American actor * [[Roger Delgado]], British actor * [[Roger Dobkowitz]], a producer and stats expert for [[The Price is Right]]. * [[Roger Donaldson]], movie producer and director * [[Roger Ebert]], [[motion picture]] critic * [[Roger Federer]], Swiss tennis player * [[Roger Galera Flores]], Brazilian football (soccer) player * [[Roger Fortin]], Canadian boxer * [[Roger Frugardi]], medieval surgeon * [[Roger García Junyent]], Spanish football (soccer) player * [[Roger Gibbon]], Trinidad and Tobago track cyclist * [[Roger Goodell]], Current commissionner of the [[NFL]] * [[Roger Guerreiro]], [[Poland|Polish]] football (soccer) player of Brazilian descent * [[Roger Ilegems]], Belgian track cyclist and road bicycle racer * [[Roger Manganelli]], bass guitarist for [[Less Than Jake]] * [[Roger Maris]], baseball player * [[Roger Mayweather]], ex-boxer * [[Roger Meddows-Taylor]], drummer for [[Queen (band)|Queen]] * [[Roger Lee Mendoza]], noted pension economist and scholar * [[Roger Michell]], film director * [[Roger Milla]], Cameroon international footballer * [[Roger Miller]], American musician * [[Roger Moore]], English actor most famous for his role as [[James Bond]] * [[Roger E. Mosley]], American actor * [[Roger Mudd]], TV journalist * [[Roger Penrose]], [[England|English]] [[mathematical physicist]] * [[Roger Rose II]],basketball player * [[Roger Tory Peterson]], American ornithologist * [[Roger Toussaint]], transit worker's union official * [[Frère Roger]], baptised Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche, initiator of the [[Taizé Community]] * [[Roger Rees]], British actor * [[Roger Sessions]], American Music Composer * [[Roger Sheaffe]], British general in the [[War of 1812]] * [[Roger Sherman]], American revolutionary, signer of many famous documents, inventor of congressional system * [[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]], American actor * [[Roger Sumich]], New Zealand cyclist * [[Roger Troutman]], American R&B artist * [[Roger Vadim]], French film director * [[Roger Waters]], English rock musician and songwriter * [[Roger Whittaker]], British singer * [[Roger Williams (theologian)]], co-founder of Rhode Island * [[Roger Zelazny]], science-fiction author ===Last name=== * [[Bunny Roger|Neil Munroe ("Bunny") Roger]], English couturier, war hero * [[Julius Roger]] (1819-1865), entomologist ===Fictional characters=== *[[Roger (Tekken)|Roger]], a [[kangaroo]] character from the [[Tekken (series)|Tekken]] fighting game series, and [[Roger (Tekken) #Roger Jr.|Roger Jr.]], his son. *[[Roger (Hellboy)|Roger]], a [[homunculus]], is a character from the series [[Hellboy]] *[[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger the Alien]], fictional character from ''[[American Dad!]]'' *[[Roger Chillingworth]], the fictional antagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne's [[The Scarlet Letter]] *[[Roger Davis (RENT)|Roger Davis]], musician and ex-druggie of [[RENT]] *Roger Fox, a character from the comic [[FoxTrot]] *[[Roger Murtaugh]], cop played by [[Danny Glover]] in the ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' movies *[[Roger Rabbit]], main cartoon character of the movie ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' *[[Roger Ramjet]], cartoon superhero *[[Roger Wilco (character)|Roger Wilco]], the fictional protagonist of the [[Space Quest]] game series *Roger, a character in the novel [[Lord of the Flies]], Jack's lieutenant and the savage tribe's torturer/hangman *Roger Danish, a minor character in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', Lindsey's high school counterpart and co-winner of the BEst Hair Award. *Roger the Shrubber, a character in [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]] who sells a shrubbery to [[King Arthur]] and Sir Bedevere. *Gol D. Roger, or Gold Roger was the Pirate King in the manga/anime-series One Piece. *Roger Klotz, a bully on the cartoon series [[Doug]] *[[Roger the Dodger]], a character from [[The Beano]] who went out of his way to avoid doing chores ====Fictional fictional characters==== *'''Roger the cabin boy'''. There is a persistent but untrue [[urban legend]] that one of the characters in [[Captain Pugwash]] had this sexually suggestive name.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/pugwash.asp Urban Legends Reference Pages: Captain Pugwash Double Meanings<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==References== *[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Roger being used as a slang meaning for penis from c.1650 to c.1870] - information from the Online Etymology Dictionary. *[http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/roger?view=uk Also used as vulgar slang meaning to have sexual intercourse (mainly by men).] - Oxford Dictionary {{Reflist}} ==See also== *[[Roger Dodger (phrase)]] [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:English given names]] [[Category:French masculine given names]] [[ca:Roger]] [[de:Roger]] [[fr:Roger]] [[is:Hróðgeir]] [[it:Ruggero]] [[nl:Rogier]] [[no:Roger]] [[pl:Roger]] [[pt:Rogério]] [[fi:Roger (radioliikenne)]] [[sv:Roger]]