Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : From the famous land

Boy name variations

Roland

Roland

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Rolland

Rolland

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Rollan

Rollan

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Rollin

Rollin

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Rollins

Rollins

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Rolando

Rolando

- 5% this year
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Rodhlann

Rodhlann

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Rowe

Rowe

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Rollo

Rollo

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Rolly

Rolly

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Orlando

Orlando

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Rolt

Rolt

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How Popular Is The Name Rowland

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Rol(l)ant, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements hrōd ‘renown’ + land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (or + -nand ‘bold’, assimilated to -lant ‘land’). This was popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of Charlemagne’s warrior of this name, who was killed at Roncesvalles in ad 778.
  • English : habitational name from places in Derbyshire and Sussex, so named from Old Norse ‘roebuck’ + lundr ‘wood’, ‘grove’.
  • Variant of German and French Roland.