Rolen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rolen by the numbers

Rolen was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Rolen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rolen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ronento sing or rejoice57 in the US (2017)
  • Rolanfamous land; a form of Roland24 in the US (2017)
  • Rolinfamous power; a form of Roland7 in the US (2017)
  • Rowen762 in the US (2017)
  • Rylen212 in the US (2017)
  • Roen16 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Rolen

Names that are said the same way as Rolen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Rollinrenowned land; a form of Roland17 in the US (2017)
  • Rollan5 in the US (2017)
  • Rollen5 in the US (2017)
  • Rolyn5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rolen

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