Roland

Meanings

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
5. An unincorporated community in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana.
6. A city in Story County, Iowa.
7. A town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
8. An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
9. A rural municipality and village therein, in southern Manitoba, Canada.
10. A rural community of Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia, named for a Captain Rolland.

Etymology

From Old French, from Frankish *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando.