Roland

German

"famous throughout the land"

Roland Origin and Meaning

Variation of Rollo

Roland Rank in US Top 1000

# 663 in the US

Roland Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 593 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Roland

• 663 US 2024
• 593 Nameberry 2025
• 366 Future 2028
• 885 England 2021
• 60 Hungary 2024

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Famous People Named Roland

• Roland Gérard Barthes French literary theorist
• Roland Jaime Orzabal (de la Quintana) British singer of band Tears for Fears
• Roland Emmerich German film director
• Roland "Champ" Bailey American football player
• Roland Sato Lee Page aka Yung Ro American rapper
• Roland Doré French sculptor
• Roland Leighton English poet

The name Roland in Pop Culture

• Roland Deschain anti hero of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series
• Roland Daggett character in DC comics
• Roland Burton character on TV's Army Wives
• Roland Jackson character in animated TV show Extreme Ghostbusters
• Roland LeBay character in Stephen King's "Christine"
• Roland character in The Matrix films
• Roland Character in Catherine Jink's "Pagan" chronicals
• King Roland II character animated TV series "Sofia the First"
• Roland Rat British puppet TV character
• Roland dwarf "cousin" of Sabrina in "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" TV show
• Roland son of Robin Hood and Maid Marian on TV's Once Upon a Time
• Roland Sparks a main character and fallen angel in the 'Fallen' series (Lauren Kate)
• Roland Inness main character in the Longbow Series (Wayne Grant)
• Roland Hallivard character in the "Throne of Glass" book series by Sarah J. Maas
• "Roland " series of video games and their main character
• Roland character in video game Borderlands
• Roland Ginger’s father, character in Ginger and Rosa

International Variations of the name Roland

• Rolando Portuguese
• Roeland Dutch
• Roel Dutch
• Loránd Hungarian
• Orlando Italian
• Rolan Russian
• Rolle Swedish