Roel

Gender：
Pronounced： [ ROOL ]
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Usage：Dutch

Meaning & History：

Short form of ROELAND or ROELOF.

ROELAND male Dutch

Dutch form of ROLAND.

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.

ROELOF male Dutch

Dutch form of RUDOLF.

RUDOLF male German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian, Armenian

From the Germanic name Hrodulf, which was derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf". It was borne by three kings of Burgundy, as well as several Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. Anthony Hope used this name for the hero in his popular novel 'The Prisoner of Zenda' (1894).

Names related to Roel：

FULL FORMS

DUTCH: Rodolf, Roeland, Roelof, Roland, Rudolf

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Hrodland, Hrodulf, Hrolf

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Hrólfr, Hróðólfr

ANGLO-SAXON: Hroðulf, Hrothulf

ARMENIAN: Rudolf

CROATIAN: Rudolf

CZECH: Rudolf

DANISH: Rolf, Rudolf

DUTCH: Ruud