Rolando (given name)

Rolando

Gender	male
Origin
Meaning	Famous throughout the land
Region of origin	Spain, Italy, Portugal
Other names
Related names	Roland, Orlando, Roldán

Rolando is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese variant of Roland, the Frankish military hero who served under Charlemagne and whose life became the basis for the medieval French epic Chanson de Roland and various other works of European literature. The name appears most frequently as a Spanish given name. Its presence is said to be from Spain, however it has also been used in Italy, sometimes as a surname. Related names include Roland, Orlando and Roldán.

List of people with the given name Rolando

• Rolando (footballer) (born 1985), Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca
• Rolando Aarons (born 1995), English footballer
• Rolando Alarcón (1929-1973), Chilean folk musician
• Rolando Bianchi (born 1983), Italian footballer
• Rolando Blackman (born 1959) American basketball player
• Rolando Cruz (born 1939), Puerto Rican pole vaulter
• Rolando Fonseca (born 1974), Costa Rican footballer
• Rolando Garibotti, Argentinian-American climber
• Rolando Jurquin (born 1987), volleyball player
• Rolando McClain (born 1989), American football linebacker
• Rolando Mendoza, Nicaraguan athlete
• Rolando Perez, American mixed martial artist
• Rolando Zárate (born 1978), Argentine football player
• Edson Rolando Silva Sousa (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
• Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster (born c. 1949), US-based Argentine businessman
• Rolando Rivi (1931-1945),Italian martyr.

See also

• Roland (disambiguation)
• Ronaldo (name)