Roland

Boy name variations

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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