Rowland

Spelling variation of Roland, German

"famous throughout the land"

Rowland Origin and Meaning

The name Rowland is a boy's name meaning "famous throughout the land".

Rowland is more usually the surname spelling of Roland, as in Kelly Rowland.

Rowland Rank in US Top 1000

# 994 in the US

Famous People Named Rowland

• Rowland Vance Lee American film director and producer
• Rowland Stuart Howard Australian musician of band The Birthday Party
• Rowland Francis Bowen English cricket researcher, historian and writer
• Rowland Charles "Boon" Gould English musician of band Level 42
• Rowland J. Rivron English musician, writer, and television presenter
• Rowland Lee English administrator and bishop
• Rowland Constantine O'Malley "Rollo" Armstrong English music producer of Rollo and Sister Bliss and Faithless
• Henry Augustus Rowland American physicist
• Frank Sherwood Rowland American chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize