Roeland, Roelandt or Roelant (all pronounced ) is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to English

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

. It is a Germanic name consisting of the elements -hrod- ("fame") and -land- (i.e. "famous in the land") or -nand- ("brave").Roland
at behindthename.com A common short form is

Roel Roel son of almighty Zeus and beautiful mortal Alcmene, was the strongest man who ever lived. Now when Roel was eight months old, he woke one night to find a monstrous snake had coiled itself around him. Instead of crying out, baby Roel wrapped his ...

. People with the name include: * Roeland van Duijn (born 1943), Dutch politician, political activist and writer * (born 1940), Dutch movie director *

Roeland van Laer Roeland van Laer (1598 – after 1635), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography Roeland van Laer was born in Haarlem. According to Houbraken who quoted the Haarlem writer Theodorus Schrevelius, Roeland and his brother Pieter tra ...

(1598 – aft. 1635), Dutch landscape painter * Roeland Lievens (born 1983), Dutch rower * (born 1967), Dutch astronomer, NASA space telescope project leader * Roeland Nusse (born 1950), Dutch developmental biologist * Roelant Oltmans (born 1954), Dutch hockey coach * (born 1970), Dutch archaeologist * Roeland Pruijssers (born 1989), Dutch chess grandmaster * Roeland Raes (born 1934), Belgian politician *

Roelant Roghman Roelant Roghman (14 March 1627 - 3 January 1692) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, sketcher and engraver. Biography Roghman was born in Amsterdam, the son of the engraver Henrick Lambertsz Roghman and Maria Jacobs Savery. His mother was a daughter ...

(1627–1692), Dutch painter, sketcher and engraver * Roelant Savery (1576–1639), Dutch still life and bird painter * Roeland Schaftenaar (born 1988), Dutch basketball player * Roeland J. in 't Veld (born 1942), Dutch public administration scholar * Roeland Vertegaal (born 1968), Dutch-Canadian computer interface designer *

Roeland Wiesnekker Roeland Wiesnekker (pron. 'Roo-Land') (b. 25 November 1967 near Zürich) is a Dutch / Swiss actor in movies and theater plays. Life Wiesnekker grew up in a music-loving family and tried out various instruments. Despite that, he wanted to become ...

(born 1967), Swiss actor

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{{Reflist Dutch masculine given names

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