Given name & surname
Rolla
Rolla is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rolla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,371
- 1,306 boys · 65 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 45 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 boys is 6 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 45 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 509 as a first name in 2020; 567 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.
Rolla’s family of names
In Greek usage, Rolla as a surname is a transliteration of Ρόλλα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rolla
- Rolla Kent BeattieAmerican botanist (1875-1960)
- Rolla C. McMillenAmerican politician (1880-1961)
- Rolla M. Tryon Jr.American botanist (1916-2001)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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