[Surname] Re: meaning of Rowlands
by Andy ;—) (guest)
1/8/2005, 10:17 AM
I'm afraid, you *should* be interested in other spellings, because my first guess is backed up by P.H.Reaney, A Dictionary of Surnames, Oxford 1997:
ROWLANDS > Roland (from "hroud", fame, and "nanth", brave, later influenced by "land")
Andy ;—)