Rolland Family History
Rolland Name Meaning
French Breton Scottish and English: variant of Roland . This is the most common form of the surname in France especially in Brittany and the south. Compare Ruland and Rulon . Norwegian (Rølland): habitational name from either the farm name Rødland found in two places in Hordaland most likely a compound of Old Norse reyrr ‘rush’ (a plant) + land ‘(piece of) land farmstead’ or the farm name Rølland in Agder from Old Norse ruthland ‘cleared land clearing’. Compare Rodland and Roland . Norwegian: from a Danish-influenced form of the farm name Rødland (see 2 above and Rodland ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022