Rolando
Rolando is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese variant of Roland, the Frankish military hero who served under Charlemagne and whose life became the basis for the medieval French epic Chanson de Roland and various other works of European literature. The name appears most frequently as a Spanish given name.
Meaning & Origin of Rolando
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rolando is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese variant of Roland, the Frankish military hero who served under Charlemagne and whose life became the basis for the medieval French epic Chanson de Roland and various other works of European literature. The name appears most frequently as a Spanish given name.
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The Story of Rolando
Rolando first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1916, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 473 Rolandos were born — ranking #463 that year. As of 2026, Rolando ranks #1,264 for baby boys with 157 births, gradually falling (-9%). In total, more than 25K Rolandos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Rolando
Rolando is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 25K births in the dataset. Rolando's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #373. Use the chart and map above to compare Rolando's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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