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[Surname] Re: meaning of Rowlands
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 ;—)
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meaning of Rowlands  ·  Jasmine  ·  12/12/2004, 8:12 AM
Re: meaning of Rowlands  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  1/8/2005, 10:17 AM