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Updated August 7, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : From the famous land

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Family name origins & meanings

  • French, German, English, and Scottish : from a Germanic personal name composed hrōd ‘renown’ + -nand ‘bold’, assimilated to -lant ‘land’.
  • Scottish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruadháin (see Ruane, Rowan).
  • As a name of French origin this is attested in Quebec City in 1706, taken there from the Touraine region of France.

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