Hodge
HOJ
A rustic English nickname that likely began as a pet form of Roger.
Meaning
Hodge is best known in English as a familiar nickname, especially for Roger. The excerpted 19th-century sources point to it as a clipped or altered form of Roger, though one source also gives an older etymological gloss along the lines of “spear of fame.” In practice, the name became proverbial in English for a countryman or rustic.
Origin
EnglishOld FrenchGermanicmasculine
Fun fact
In old English literature, “Hodge” often appears as a stock rustic character name, including in Gammer Gurton’s Needle.