The popularity of the name in the later Middle Ages was influenced by the 8th C Frankish military leader and peer of Charlemagne by this name, who appeared in some of the most important and widely spread courtly literature. Orlando is the Italian form.
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1355 Rolandi (gen) AM6 p. 6
- Middle Dutch
- ● 1408 Roeland (nom) MPSA p. 25;
1413 Roeland (nom) ibid. p. 27;
1414 Roeland (nom) ibid. p. 27;
1474 Roeland (nom) ibid. p. 49;
1483 Roland (nom) ibid. p. 52;
1487 Roeland (nom) ibid. p. 54
- Dutch
- ● 1510 Roeland MPSA p. 52 [sic];
1512 Roeland ibid. p. 53 [sic];
1513 Roeland ibid. p. 54 [sic];
1597x1598 Roelandt BoonenGes p. 335,
Roelandts (gen) ibid. p. 326,
Roelant ibid. p. 354,
Roelants (gen) ibid. p. 356
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1340xc1450 Rollondi (gen) CovGuild-1 p. 6,
Roulandus (nom) ibid. p. 57;
1552 Rowlandus (nom) StMartF p. 57;
1563 Rolandi (gen) Chst-1 p. 11;
1564 Rolandi (gen) ibid. p. 11;
1566 Rolandi (gen) ibid. p. 11;
1567 Rolandi (gen) ibid. p. 11;
1568 Rolandi (gen) ibid. p. 11,
Rolandus (nom) ibid. p. 11;
1576 Roelandus (nom) AuFr Santvoort;
1586 Rowlandus (nom) RegBeb p. 27
- Anglo-French
- ● 1245–1250[1586] Rouland Glover 156
- Dutch
- ● 1590 Roelant AuFr Deckere;
1595 Roelandt ibid. Veltman;
1596 Roelant ibid. Veltman;
1597 Roelant ibid. Veltman;
1599 Rolant ibid. Veltman
- Early Modern English
- ● 1526 Rowland WillsInv LXXVII;
1530 Roland LIWill-III p. 38,
Rolland ibid. p. 84;
1544 Rowland StAnthonlin p. 5;
1556/57 Rowland PRThirsk p. 2;
1564 Rowlyn BarnstapleBap p. 13;
1569 Rowlande SurMus p. 143;
1571 Rowland CAmar-vol1 p. 2;
1572/3 Rowlande SurMus p. 163;
1573 Rowland RegPat p. 101,
StAnthonlin p. 22;
1576 Rowland COmar-vol5 p. 126;
1578 Rowland RegBeb p. 18;
1579 Rowland BUmar-vol1 p. 26;
1580 Rowland RegBisham p. 28;
1583 Roland DEmar-vol2 p. 9;
1583/4 Rowland SurMus p. 28,
Rowlande ibid. p. 16;
1584 Roland DEmar-vol2 p. 10,
Rowland SurMus p. 191;
1585 Rowland WAmar-1 p. 109;
1586 Rowland StAnthonlin p. 31;
1590 Rowland ibid. p. 34;
1591 Rowland ibid. p. 35;
1593 Rowland ibid. p. 36;
1595 Rowland DEmar-vol2 p. 33;
1599 Rowland DU-DSMMar
- Middle French
- ● 1567 Roland WCS p. 39,
Rolant ibid. p. 3,
Rollant ibid. p. 3;
1568 Roelant ibid. p. 39;
1569 Rolland ibid. p. 40;
1569/70 Rolland ibid. p. 5;
1570 Rolland ibid. p. 40;
1573 Roland ibid. p. 41
- ◑ 1584 Rolin WCS p. 18
- Walloon
- ◑ 1593 Rolin RWC p. 27
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1434 Rolant BbRT p. 356
- France
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- Latin
- ● 814 Rodolandus (nom) StVdM-II G7;
937x93 Rollandi (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 80;
c996 Rotlan (nom) CartSavII 6;
1054 Rolandus (nom) StVdM-II 693;
1055 Rotlandus (nom) ibid. 739;
1059 Rodlandus (nom) ibid. 687;
1143 Rollandi (gen) clairvaux-12thc 10;
1147 Rolannus (nom) ibid. 14,
Rollannus (nom) ibid. 14;
1147x62 Rollanni (gen) ibid. 55;
1147x1162 Rolandus (nom) ibid. 46,
Rolannus (nom) ibid. 55,
Rollandi (gen) ibid. 45,
Rollandus (nom) ibid. 45;
1153 Rolandi (gen) CartNDSaintes IX;
1163 Rolandi (gen) clairvaux-12thc 99,
Rolanni (gen) ibid. 99;
1171 Rollandus (nom) ibid. 140;
1179 Rollandum (acc) ibid. 180,
Rollandus (nom) ibid. 175;
1364 Rollandi (gen) ActsCharlesV no. 34;
1378 Rolandi (gen) hanquetvol1 759
- Old French
- ● 1292 Rolant 1292paris p. 2;
1296 Rolant paris1296 p. 10;
1297 Rollant (obl) HistHdVParis p. 136;
1313 Rollant Paris1313 p. 27,
Rollent ibid. p. 104,
Roulant ibid. p. 56;
1327 Rouland MemDocMan-2 p. 193,
Roulland ibid. p. 194,
Roullant ibid. p. 194
- Middle French
- ● 1392 Rolant MemBret-II col. 615,
Rollan ibid. col. 618;
1418 Raoulant DdB1418 p. 214,
HGParis p. 388;
1562 Rolant RegPCC-1 p. 16;
1565 Rouland ibid. p. 189;
1567 Rouland ibid. p. 352;
1568 Rouland ibid. p. 366
- ◑ 1354 Rolin MHN DLX;
1392 Rolin MemBret-II col. 608;
1404 Rolin HistHdVParis no. 4;
1421 Rolet favier 1191;
1438 Rolet ibid. 550,
Rolin ibid. 390
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1157 Rolandi (gen) quix-vol1 44
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1099 Rolandi (gen) RCI-Cam1 624;
1164 Rolandi (gen) SDE3 I;
1265x1339 Orlandi (gen) BBC-Berg 588;
1285 Orlandi (gen) Perugia1285 p. 160;
1310 Rolandus (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL;
1376 Rolando (abl) DouGen1 p. 96;
1464 Rolandus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI;
1522x1532 Orlandus (nom) DSF p. 57, 20
- ◑ 1189 Rolandini (gen) ChStBo1 I;
1285 Orlandini (gen) Perugia1285 p. 160,
Orlandutii (gen) ibid. p. 160;
1304 Orlandinum (acc) AnnMin6 XII;
1367 Orlandini (gen) Livi 164,
Orlandinus (nom) ibid. 163;
1368 Orlandini (gen) ibid. 204;
1369 Orlandino (abl) ibid. 254
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ◑ 1286 Rolekinus (nom) RigSB 1020;
1289 Rolekino (dat) ibid. 559
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● 1324 Rolandus (nom) GesOIJ-1 p. 298
- Dutch
- ◑ 1594 Roels (gen) MagMiddelburg-1560;
1595 Roels (gen) ibid.
- Poland
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- Latin
- ● 1459 Orlando (abl) CDP2-2 CCCCXII,
Orlanij (gen) ibid. CCCCXII
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1427 Rolandi (gen) RMSRS-2 105
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1490 Rhothlandus (nom) carbonell-I p. 48
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ◑ 14thCx1478 Roleti (gen) Ob-SPVn (176),
Roletum (acc) ibid. (209),
Roletus (nom) ibid. (10);
1343 Roletus (nom) ibid. (157);
1348 Rolini (gen) MHN DXI;
1352 Roleto (abl) ibid. DXLVII,
Roletus (nom) ibid. DXLVII;
1354 Roletus (nom) ibid. DLIX;
1401 Roletum (acc) MHCG2 470;
1432 Roletus (nom) ibid. 479;
1432/3 Roletus (nom) ibid. 480;
1438 Roletus (nom) ibid. 212;
1476 Roletus (nom) ibid. 243;
1502 Roleti (gen) ibid. 275
- Middle French
- ◑ 1350 Rolin MHN DXXVIII;
1494 Rolet MHCG2 258
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1582 Rowlandi (gen) RegCon1 p. 36
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Pepe, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Roland". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Roland.