Roger
/ˈrɒdʒ.ər/noun
A male given name and surname, and a radio/communications term meaning “received” or “understood.”
Did you know?The radio use of Roger comes from the NATO phonetic alphabet, where it once stood for the letter R, originally chosen because R was the first letter of received in signal procedure.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*Hrōþirīks
“A compound personal name meaning roughly “fame-ruler” or “glory-king.””
Old High German
OHG
Hruodger
“A Germanic personal name built from elements meaning “fame” and “spear.””
Old French
OF
Rogier
“A Norman-French form of the personal name.”
Middle English
English
Roger
“A common male given name introduced through Norman French.”
20th Century
English
Roger
“Radio procedure word meaning “received” or “message understood,” used in aviation and military communication.”