Rolanda
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹoʊˈɫɑndə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rolanda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 109K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 136K
- ALAlbania1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 276 (measured from records)
- 1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
3,042 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Albania
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rolanda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 3,042 | 1 in 109K | 3K | Rolanda | 276 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 99K | — | Rolanda | 17 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 136K | — | Rolanda | 51 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 245K | — | Rolanda | 4 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 147K | — | Rolanda | 14 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 374 | 1 in 46K | 374 | Rolanda | 18 |
| AL Albania | — | 270 | 1 in 11K | 270 | — | — |
| LR Liberia | #187 | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Rolanda | 2 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 52 | 1 in 40K | 52 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | — | 18 | 1 in 42K | 18 | — | 2 |
3,042 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); SURS — resident population given names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rolanda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Forme féminine de Roland.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In German, ) Rolande: weibl. Vom., wdb- liche Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Gloriosa terra
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
In Russian, var of Roliada.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In German, a female given name of rare usage
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rolanda von Eötvösb. 1878HUHungarian mountaineer (1878-1953)
- Rolonda Wattsb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican television talk show host
- Rolanda Barbara Wünschb. 1959ATcandidate for Austrian national legislative election
- Tichina Arnoldb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Rolanda Bellb. 1987PAPanamanian female steeplechase runner
- Rolanda HollisUSAmerican politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 53 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3K | #5,584 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 374 | #2,446 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 270 | #1,481 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 188 | #5,666 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 64 | #5,584 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2024 | 53 | #1,027 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2023 | 53 | #1,017 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2022 | 53 | #977 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 52 | #1,051 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 52 | #2,129 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2021 | 52 | #980 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 18 | #576 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rolanda mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from the Germanic languages. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Rolanda?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹoʊˈɫɑndə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Rolanda a male or female name?
- Rolanda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rolanda have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.0 thousand people named Rolanda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rolanda.
- Where is Rolanda most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rolanda is densest in Albania — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Rolanda?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,042 people named Rolanda in 2020, about 1 in 109 thousand residents.
- How common is Rolanda compared with other names?
- In Liberia, Rolanda is the 187th most common given name of 2,671 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Rolanda?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rolandaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rolanda” — the 187th most common given name in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.