The main character in Stephen King's Dark Tower series is called Roland.

Roland is also the name of the king in Stephen King's Eye of the Dragon. The poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert Browning inspired King to write the Dark Tower series.

It's not really a famous bearer but: 'Roland' is a song I love by the band Interpol.

I think this is a very nice name. You can also use "Rolly" as a nickname.

Roland was one of the four main characters in "Extreme Ghostbusters" (1997), a sequel to the "Real Ghostbusters". In it, four teenagers (Roland, Garett, Eduardo and Kylee) bust ghosts, surprise surprise.

I think Roland is a nice name (although I prefer the Spanish form Rolando) but it's probably unusable here in the UK due to strong association with the TV puppet 'Roland Rat'.

Roland is an excellent name, although one ripe for being teased. If your child is tubby, he will certainly be called Rollie Pollie.

Sweetheart Roland is a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It tells of a man who fell in love with a girl who had a witch for a stepmother. The evil stepmother witch chased them until she was killed by thorns. When Roland and the girl went to get married a stranger woman made him forget the girl. Eventually they married and lived happily ever after.

Roland Martin is a famous fisherman that has been in several commercials.

I like this name best when pronounced ro-LAHND. It sounds very regal.

One of my favorite stories is that of Childe Rowland and Burd Helen, in which a boy ventures to the realm of the dark Elf-King to save his kidnapped sister.

There was a cool plump chap in Grange Hill in the 70s called Roland. Yaaaay! He also wore glasses.

There is also Childe Roland of "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came," by Robert Browning.

Sounds like a chubby (not fat) little boy who destroys sandtrucks for fun.

I like Roland. It's a very strong and handsome name.

A bearer of this name is Macauly Culkin character Roland from Saved!, a teen religious satire. In this movie, Roland is the sarcastic, cynical, atheistic, hilarious wheel-chair-bound brother of obnoxious, popular Jesus-freak Hilary Fay (Mandy Moore.)

It rhymes with Poland.

Roland Fréart de Chambray (1606-76) was a French exponent of Classicism.

I like it because it's never really been a very common name. The first time I recall hearing was when my parents were talking about the Stephen King character, Roland. I've liked the name ever since.

Rolland Baker is a world known world-changing evangelist in Mozambique, Africa. Look him up.

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician.

Roland is also used in Hungary. [noted -ed]

The name Roland is cute, handsome, friendly & underappreciated in my opinion. I think it should be used a whole lot more! =)

Roland Cubitt was a British aristocrat and the third to hold the title of Baron Ashcombe.

There is some controversy about the second name element: Land is neuter and cannot form male compounds; therefore many scholars analyze Roland as HROD-NAND with NAND "daring, brave" (the same element occurs in the name Ferdinand) and a later assimilation of the medial -dn- to -l-. [noted -ed]

With 34 097 bearers, Roland is the 35th most common masculine name in Hungary. (01/01/2016).