THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Roland
Roland is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Roland. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Roland, from Old French, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Also as an anglicisation of Rolando.
a male given name from English
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Old French, from Frankish *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando.
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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People with the name Roland
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Roland Dantes
Filipino bodybuilder and martial artist (1944-2009)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Roland Salvador
Filipino chess player
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
7
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Roland Dantes, Roland Salvador
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Roland in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Roland
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Rolan♂Short form of Roland
- Rolando♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Holland·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Orland♂English form: -
- Roldan♂Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Rolen·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Rolyne·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Roman♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Roland?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Roland further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1068487 — Roland (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Roland Dantes (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1068487 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Roland Salvador (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1068487 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Roland (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Roland (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.