Roland

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Hrōþilandą (“fame-land”). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.

Proper noun

Roland

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Orlando
• a Roland for an Oliver

Translations

male given name

• Estonian: Roland (et)
• French: Roland (fr)
• German: Roland (de)
• Hungarian: Roland (hu), Lóránt (hu)

• Italian: Rolando (it), Orlando (it)
• Latvian: Rolands (lv)
• Swedish: Roland (sv)

Anagrams

• Arnold, dralon, Ronald

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Czech

Wikipedia ^cs

Proper noun

Roland m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Roland.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Roland

1. A male given name, cognate to English Roland.

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French

Proper noun

Roland m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Roland.

Related terms

• Rolande

Anagrams

• lardon

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German

Proper noun

Roland

1. A male given name cognate to English Roland.

Usage notes

• Used as a given name in Germany since the Middle Ages.

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Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with English and French Roland. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1397, but not in common use before the the 20th century.

Proper noun

Roland

1. A male given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 47 950 males with the given name Roland living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.