Dodger

English

"one who avoids"

Dodger Origin and Meaning

The name Dodger is a boy's name meaning "one who avoids".

A common pet name and occasional baby name, usually inspired by the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.

Fiction writer Terry Pratchett used Dodger as a character name for his 2012 novel Dodger. He took the name from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist character Jack Dawkins, also known as the Artful Dodger.