Rollo

Latin form of Rolf

"wolf"

Rollo Origin and Meaning

The name Rollo is a boy's name of German, Estonian origin meaning "wolf".

Rollo is a livelier, roly-poly, o-ending version of Roland.

Although it sounds modern, Rollo actually was seen regularly on Latin documents in the Middle Ages, though not heard in everyday speech. Historically, it's associated with a powerful Viking leader--who had a wife named Poppa.

Rollo May was a well known existential psychologist. There have been Rollos on screen played by Buster Keaton ("The Navigator"), Rainn Wilson ("Juno") and John Cleese ("Fierce Creatures").

Rollo has also been used over the years as a pet form of Roland, Rudolph and Ralph.

Rollo Rank in US Top 1000

# 875 in the US

Rollo Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 851 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Rollo

• 851 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Rollo

• Rollo the Viking Duke of Normandy
• Rollo Percival Loring Weeks British actor
• Rollo Reese May American psychologist and author
• Rollo Howard Beck American ornithologist
• Rollo Davidson English mathematician
• Rowland Constantine O'Malley "Rollo" Armstrong English music producer of Rollo and Sister Bliss and Faithless

The name Rollo in Pop Culture

• Rollo Podmarsh character from P. G. Wodehouse's "The Awakening of Podmarsh"
• The Rollo Books by Jacob Abbott (1803 79), series of 28 moral tales of a boy whose experiences on a New England Farm and elsewhere were used to extol the obvious virtues
• Rollo character in "The Cleveland Show"
• Rollo the name of Lelouch's 'brother' in the second season of the anime "Code Geass"
• Rollo Sigurdsson Character on the tv show "Vikings"
• Rollo Tomasi the alias of the villain in the film "L.A. Confidential"