Rodier Family History
Rodier Name Meaning
French:: (southern): occupational name for a wheelwright or topographic name for someone who lived by a waterwheel from an agent derivative of Occitan rode ‘wheel’ (from Latin rota). from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of hrōd ‘fame renown’ + hari heri ‘army’. As an American (French Canadian) surname this is also an altered form of Royer a cognate of the name Rodier in both senses.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022