Rolland

Where Rolland comes from

Rolland hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1884
    Rolland Beaumont born
    South African cricketer
  3. 1928
    Peak, #352
    264 babies named Rolland — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1943
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #545.
  5. 1953
    Rolland Courbis born
    French football player and manager
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Rolland Courbis · French football player and manager, 1953–2026
  • Rolland Beaumont · South African cricketer, 1884–1958
  • Rolland Todd · American basketball player and coach, born 1934
  • Rolland Torok · Romanian basketball player, born 1990
  • Rolland H. Spaulding · American politician, 1873–1942

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.