Rowley

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Variant of ROLY.

ROLAND   male   English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Medieval French
From the Germanic elements hrod meaning "fame" and land meaning "land", though some theories hold that the second element was originally nand meaning "brave". Roland was a semi-legendary French hero whose story is told in the medieval epic 'La Chanson de Roland', in which he is a nephew of Charlemagne killed in battle with the Saracens. The Normans introduced this name to England.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Roland, Rolland, Rowland
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Hrodland
DUTCH: Roel, Roeland, Roland
ENGLISH: Roly
FRENCH: Roland
GERMAN: Roland
HUNGARIAN: Loránd, Lóránt, Roland
ITALIAN: Orlando, Rolando
MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Roland
PORTUGUESE: Rolando, Roldão
RUSSIAN: Rolan
SPANISH: Rolando, Roldán
SWEDISH: Roland
FEMININE FORMS
FRENCH: Rolande
ITALIAN: Orlanda