Rowland
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- [ RO-lənd ]
- English
Medieval variant of ROLAND.
 | ROLAND male English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Medieval French From the Germanic elements hrod meaning "fame" and land meaning "land", though some theories hold that the second element was originally nand meaning "brave". Roland was a semi-legendary French hero whose story is told in the medieval epic 'La Chanson de Roland', in which he is a nephew of Charlemagne killed in battle with the Saracens. The Normans introduced this name to England. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT GERMANIC: Hrodland |
| DUTCH: Roeland, Roland |
| ENGLISH: Roland, Rolland |
| FRENCH: Roland |
| GERMAN: Roland |
| HUNGARIAN: Loránd, Lóránt, Roland |
| ITALIAN: Orlando, Rolando |
| MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Roland |
| PORTUGUESE: Rolando, Roldão |
| RUSSIAN: Rolan |
| SPANISH: Rolando, Roldán |
| SWEDISH: Roland |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| DUTCH: Roel |
| ENGLISH: Roly, Rowley |
| FEMININE FORMS |
| FRENCH: Rolande |
| ITALIAN: Orlanda |