Given name & surname
Rolan
Rolan is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English and Cebuano.
Original SpanishRolán
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rolan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,084
- 1,084 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,568 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,568 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 979 as a first name in 2020; 744 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rolan’s family of names
In English usage, Rolan as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Rolán. In Greek usage, Rolan is a transliteration of Ρολάν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rolan
- Rolan BykovSoviet and Russian actor, theater and film director, screenwriter (1929–1998)
- Rolan GusevRussian footballerborn 1977
- Rolan de la CruzColombian association football playerborn 1984
- Rolan KiladzeGeorgian astronomer1931–2010
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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