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Gender
Masculine
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Origin of the Name Roland
Old High German
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Usage of the Name Roland
English, German, Dutch, French, Polish
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Meaning of the Name Roland
The name Roland is derived from the Germanic elements "hrod" - "fame" and "land" - "land".
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Adriaan Roland Holst (1888 - 1976), a Dutch writer;
Roland Barthes (1915 - 1980), a French philosopher and literary critic;
Roland Joffé (born 1945), a French-English film director;
Roland Emmerich (born 1955), a German film director, screenwriter, and producer.
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