Rowland - Meaning of Rowland

What does Rowland mean?

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Rowland

[ 2 syll. row-lan(d), ro-wla-nd ] The baby boy name Rowland is pronounced ROW-LaeND †. Rowland is of Germanic origin and it is predominantly used in the English language. Rowland is a form of the English, French, German, and Welsh Roland.

See also the related categories, english and germanic (german).

Rowland is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1903, 0.015% of baby boys were given the name Rowland. It ranked at #501 then. The baby name has since experienced a steep decline in frequency, and is used only on a very light scale now. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly linked to Rowland, Roland was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Rowland include Rolland (English), Rilind (Albanian), Roeland (Dutch), Roland (English, French, German, and Welsh), Rolande, Rolant (Welsh), Rolend, Ryland (English), Rilindi (Albanian), Rolanda, Rolandah, and Rolando (English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).

† Pronunciation for Rowland: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"