33%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From the Old German elements hruod meaning "fame" and nand meaning "brave". According to some theories, this was the original form of Roland [2]. Categories brave, courage, earth, fame, landforms, uncertain etymology Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 912. Drosdowski, Günther. Duden Lexikon der Vornamen. Mannheim, 1968, page 178.
