Rogers surname meaning

Rogers means "Roger’s"—an English patronymic with the familiar genitive -s. Roger is a Norman-era Germanic given name usually glossed as "famous spear," common enough in medieval England to spin off many unrelated Rogers lines.

Rodgers with a d is a frequent variant, especially in Scotland and Ireland. The type is parent's name: son or household of a Roger, parallel to Roberts or Edwards, not an occupation. Unrelated lines can share the spelling without one shared ancestor. The short family gloss is what matters for this catalog.