Name meaning & stats
Rowland
Rowland means “famous land” (Germanic origin). 2,253 US babies since 1940, peak 1955.
What it means
“famous land”
GermanicForm of Roland
In US birth records
Peak year: 1955
2,253 US babies were named Rowland between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Rowland (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1955)