Given name
Rolanda
“well-known throughout the land”·“from the renowned land”
Rolanda is a feminine form of Roland. One German interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Original GermanRoland
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Rolanda carries the interpretation “well-known throughout the land.” Rolanda is a feminine form of Roland. One German interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
Rolanda is used as a feminine counterpart of Roland.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rolanda is a feminine form of Roland. The history of Roland gives this family its wider story. The Chanson de Roland tells of Charlemagne’s follower Roland and his death at Roncesvalles. His devoted friendship with Oliver forms part of that literary tradition; in Italian versions, Roland becomes Orlando.
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Rolanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,417
- 31 boys · 3,386 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 176 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 176 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,042 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rolanda’s family of names
Rolanda is a feminine form of Roland. Rolanda has a related form in Rolando. In Italian usage, Rolanda is a feminine form of Rolando.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rolanda
- Rolonda WattsAmerican television talk show hostborn 1959
- Rolanda BellPanamanian female steeplechase runnerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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