Indeed it is, but CRT refers back to his original citation and conclusion about his father not retaining that name. He undoubtedly has his reasons for saying this, which certainly refers to the "word" itself being out of step with his father's ever evolving creation of names. Clearly, though, the character was recalled by JRRT after more than decade, without necessarily having the original work.
Had JRRT ever gotten to fleshing out the final chapters of the Eldar Days, he would thus have quite probably retained a role for this character that necessitates, as opposed to a reference. What name he would have devised is unknowable. We can be certain, though, that for better or worse, it would not have been "Rog."
Nevertheless, the Revised Silmarillion may have no choice but to use it, perhaps, with the sleight that he was merely known as Rog, so as to suggest that a more formal name existed.
I wonder how JRRT's later "Quenya" [equivalent to BoLT's gnomish] might have rendered a male name meaning "strong, doughty" and/or "swift".
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