Pronunciation question

[Ursa major]

There are, apparently, people in the US with Rodrigan as their surname, and they first arrived there sometime around the 1920s.

If someone has the correct access to Ancestry.com (whatever "correct" might be), they might (by accessing, say, immigration records) get an idea of the original origin of the name and thus its more likely pronunciation(s).

 

[farntfar]

Well. As someone who still says Sore-ron and Torin Oakenshield, I don't expect to get a vote.

 

[Laura R Hepworth]

Short i for me also. It looks/sounds more Celtic to me as well.

 

[THX1138]

It seems that Rodrigan is the Germanic version of Rodriguze. It is more common in Mexico, most likely from the German immigrants.
Rodrigan also seems to be known there in England and Ireland too.

That is about all I could get from my Ancestry.com account. Sorry.

 

[Parson]

Also read it Rod--re-gan, surely from Rodriguez -- a very common name in my increasingly Spanish speaking area.

 

[Danny McG]

I mentally voiced it as Road-Ri-Gan, with the last syllable rhyming with Obi-Wan

 

[Pyan]

Well. As someone who still says Sore-ron and Torin Oakenshield, I don't expect to get a vote.

I always mentally called him Sore-ron as well (Saur as in Paul), as the name isn't spelled Sour-ron. Can't get used to him living in MorDor either.

But if you go by the metaphorical Voice of God, Sore-on is correct...

 

[ColGray]

I'd default to, Rod-REE-Gen.

Feels and sounds like Rodrigo (Rod-REE-Go) in my head.