Roland
[roʊˈlænd]Meaning
from the Old German elements hruod "fame" and lant "land"
Background Story
Some theories hold that the second element was originally nand, meaning "brave". The name was recorded in Latin as Hruodlandus, and it was borne by an 8th-century Frankish military commander under Charlemagne whose death at Roncevaux was embellished in the 11th-century French epic La Chanson de Roland. The Normans introduced the name to England. It is also used in Germanic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Medieval French, Old Germanic, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Temperament
Variations
Rolandus, Roldan
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