Rolly

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈɹoʊɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rolly is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 37K
  • USUnited States1 in 477K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈89,000 people, est.

Sources
187 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rolly 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.

Where Rolly is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#197≈89,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K67KRolly97
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈5,500 est.≈1 in 18K1Rolly13
PE Peru—≈860 est.≈1 in 37K—Rolly43
US United States—6971 in 477K641Rolly187
SA Saudi Arabia—≈670 est.≈1 in 51K—Rolly17
QA Qatar—≈86 est.≈1 in 28K—Rolly10
BH Bahrain—≈52 est.≈1 in 29K—Rolly6

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: Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rolly is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Philippines, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa, United States

    Also written Rölly

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rölly

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rolly is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Filipino, a diminutive of the male given name Rolando

    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)

192019401960198020002020Rolly Crump, b. 1930Rolly Schaffer, b. 1947Leo Rolly Carnando, b. 2001

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)

InformalHi Rolly,

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 36 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Rolly
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020641#16,259
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202056#16,259
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20256—
CD Congo - KinshasaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—1#877
PH PhilippinesTagalog given names (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Rolly mean, and where does it come from?
Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Rolly?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹoʊɫi/ (IPA) for English.
Is Rolly a male or female name?
Rolly is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Rolly have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 89 thousand people named Rolly in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rolly.
How common is the name Rolly?
In the United States, the national register counted 697 people named Rolly in 2020, about 1 in 477 thousand residents.
How common is Rolly compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Rolly is the 197th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.

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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, “Rolly” — the 197th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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