What does my last name mean?

Question:

What does my last name mean?

I was born in Mexico City. My last name Is Rodriguez. I want to know from where it is Inhereted.
I also want to know if theres any chance If my ancestors were given this name.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Rodriguez is a surname of the patronymic type; that means one of your ancestors became known as "son of Rodrigo". The first name Rodrigo itself has an interesting history: it is derived from the Old High German terms "hruod" (meaning "fame") and "rihhi" (meaning "rich", "powerful", and then "ruler" or "empire") The last King of the Visigoths (a Germanic tribe) in Spain who was killed during the Arab invasion of Spain in 711 AD was named Rodrigo. Equivalents of Rodrigo in other languages are:
Roderich Deutsch
Rod (English)
Roderick (English)
Rodrigo (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)
Rodrigue (French)
Rui (Portuguese)
Ruy (Spanish)
The Scandinavian form of the name, Rurik, bekame famous by the descendants of the Varangian prince Rurik who had been invited by the people of Novgorod to rule that city (c. 862). According to one theory, Rurik's name became the basis for the name of the dynasty and the area of the Kiew Rus (from which the terms "Russia" and Russian" are derived.

So, even if Rodriguez, like other Spanish (Gonzalez, Hernandez...) and English (Johnson, Jackson, Peterson...) is a very frequent name, it has a fascinating history.