Rolland Family History

French, Breton, Scottish, and English: variant of Roland. This is the most common form of the surname in France, especially in Brittany and the south. Compare Ruland and Rulon.

Norwegian (Rølland): habitational name from either the farm name Rødland found in two places in Hordaland, most likely a compound of Old Norse reyrr ‘rush’ (a plant) + land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’ or the farm name Rølland in Agder from Old Norse ruthland ‘cleared land, clearing’.

Compare Rodland and Roland. Norwegian: from a Danish-influenced form of the farm name Rødland (see 2 above and Rodland).