Rollan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Rollan by the numbers
Rollan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 1934, making it a 1930s name.
What we can tell you about Rollan
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 Rollan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rolanfamous land; a form of Roland24 in the US (2017)
- Rollandfamous land; a form of Roland24 in the US (2017)
- Rollinrenowned land; a form of Roland17 in the US (2017)
- Rollen5 in the US (2017)
- Romancitizen of Rome1,420 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rollan
Names that are said the same way as Rollan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Rollan
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