Rowland

Rowland

1. A male given name, a variant of Roland.
2. A patronymic surname​.

• 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

  : Act I, Scene II:

  England all Olivers and Rowlands bred

  During the time Edward the Third did reign.

• Waldron, Worland