Roeland, Roelandt or Roelant (all pronounced ) is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to English Roland. 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. People with the name include:
Roeland van Duijn (born 1943), Dutch politician, political activist and writer (born 1940), Dutch movie director Roeland van Laer (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 (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 (born 1967), Swiss actor
See also Roeland Park, town in Kansas, US named after John Roe (Roe-land) Roland (disambiguation) Rowland (disambiguation)
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