The name Roland is usually given to a Boy.
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The origin of the name lies in English.
Roland is pronounced as ROWLahND
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Roland is a Medieval English name, derived from the Norman given name 'Rolant', itself derived from the Germanic words 'hrod', which means 'famous or renowned', and 'land', which means 'land or territory'.
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Meaning
Meaning 'famous landowner; containing the elements 'hruod' meaning 'fame' and 'lant' meaning 'famous'.
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Meaning
From the Old
German elements hruod meaning "fame" and lant meaning "land", though some theories hold that the second element was originally nand meaning "brave" [1].
Roland was an 8th-century military commander, serving under
Charlemagne, who was killed by the Basques at the Battle of Roncevaux. His name was recorded in Latin as Hruodlandus. His tale was greatly embellished in the 11th-century
French epic
La Chanson de
Roland, in which he is a nephew of
Charlemagne killed after being ambushed by the Saracens. The Normans introduced the name to England.
Origin
English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Albanian, Georgian, Carolingian Cycle
Pronunciation
/ˈɹoʊ.lənd/(English) /ʁɔ.lɑ̃/(French) /ˈʁoː.lant/(German) /ˈroː.lɑnt/(Dutch) /ˈro.lɒnd/(Hungarian) /ˈrɔ.lant/(Polish)