Roland
m.
Old Saxon hrōth, Old High German hruod 'fame' + Old High German lant, Old Saxon land 'land'.
The name of an 11th C king of Galloway and a 12th C saint.
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.
- 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
- Dutch
- ● 1590 Roelant AuFr Deckere
- 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;
1571 Rowland CAmar-vol1 p. 2;
1573 Rowland StAnthonlin p. 22;
1576 Rowland COmar-vol5 p. 126;
1579 Rowland BUmar-vol1 p. 26;
1583 Roland DEmar-vol2 p. 9;
1584 Roland ibid. p. 10;
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
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1434 Rolant BbRT p. 356
- France
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- Latin
- ● 937x93 Rollandi (gen) St-Bernard-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;
1378 Rolandi (gen) hanquetvol1 759
- Old French
- ● 1292 Rolant 1292paris p. 2;
1296 Rolant paris1296 p. 10;
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;
1418 Raoulant HGParis p. 388;
1562 Rolant RegPCC-1 p. 16;
1565 Rouland ibid. p. 189;
1567 Rouland ibid. p. 352;
1568 Rouland ibid. p. 366
- ◑ 1438 Rolin favier 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;
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;
1304 Orlandinum (acc) AnnMin6 XII
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● 1324 Rolandus (nom) GesOIJ-1 p. 298
- Dutch
- ◑ 1594 Roels (gen) MagMiddelburg-1560;
1595 Roels (gen) ibid.
- 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)
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1582 Rowlandi (gen) RegCon1 p. 36
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Roland". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Roland.