# Rollo (name)

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|image=Rollon Falaise (Calvados).jpg|image_size=200px|caption=[Rollo of Normandy](/source/Rollo_of_Normandy)|language=[Germanic](/source/Germanic_languages); Old Norse; Scottish Gaelic|languageorigin=|derivation=''Hrólfr''|origin=Old Norse|meaning="fame-wolf"|related names=[Rolf](/source/Rolf), [Rudolph](/source/Rudolph_(name)), Rollon, [Roland](/source/Roland_(name))}}
'''Rollo''' is a given name and surname derived from a [Latinized](/source/Latinisation_of_names) form of the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) ''Hrólfr'' or ''Rolfr'' ([Rolf](/source/Rolf), [Rudolf](/source/Rudolph_(name))) meaning "famed [wolf](/source/wolf)".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American family names |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford, UK; New York : Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |page= |url=}}</ref>

The name was first attested to with Viking warlord [Rollo of Normandy](/source/Rollo), ancestor of [William the Conqueror](/source/William_the_Conqueror). In Scotland the [Clan Rollo](/source/Clan_Rollo) were supporters of [Charles II](/source/Charles_II_of_Scotland) and rewarded with the title of [Lord Rollo](/source/Lord_Rollo).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=William |title=The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland |date=1867 |publisher=A. Fullarton & Company |pages=358–359 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoNmAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22rollo%22+surname+origin&pg=PA358 |language=en}}</ref>

Notable people with the name include:

==Given name==
* [Rollo of Normandy](/source/Rollo) (fl. 10th century), Viking leader and first count of Normandy
* [Rollo Armstrong](/source/Rollo_Armstrong) (born 1966), English dancer and music producer
* [Rollo Beck](/source/Rollo_Beck) (1870–1950), American ornithologist
* [Rollo Walter Brown](/source/Rollo_Walter_Brown) (1880–1956), American writer and teacher of rhetoric
* [Rollo Graham Campbell](/source/Rollo_Graham_Campbell) (1903–1978), Anglican Bishop of Colombo
* [Rollo Carpenter](/source/Rollo_Carpenter) (born 1965), British computer scientist
* [Rollo Davidson](/source/Rollo_Davidson) (1944–1970), British mathematician
* [Rollo Feilding, 11th Earl of Denbigh](/source/Rollo_Feilding%2C_11th_Earl_of_Denbigh) (1943–1995), British peer and racing driver
* [Robert Rollo Gillespie](/source/Robert_Rollo_Gillespie) (1766–1814), British Army major-general
* [Rollo Hayman](/source/Rollo_Hayman) (1925–2008), Rhodesian politician
* [Rollo Jack](/source/Rollo_Jack) (1902–1994), English footballer
* [Rollo Mainguy](/source/Rollo_Mainguy) (1901–1979), Canadian vice-admiral
* [Rollo May](/source/Rollo_May) (1909–1994), American psychologist
* [Rollo Pain](/source/Rollo_Pain) (1921–2005), British Army lieutenant-general
* [Rollo Weeks](/source/Rollo_Weeks) (born 1987), British actor

== Last name ==

* [Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo](/source/Andrew_Rollo%2C_5th_Lord_Rollo) (1703–1765), British army general in Canada and Dominica
* [Alex Rollo](/source/Alex_Rollo) (1926–2004), Scottish football player and manager
* [Bill Rollo](/source/Bill_Rollo) (born 1955), British Army officer
* [David Rollo (footballer)](/source/David_Rollo_(footballer)) (1891–1963), Northern Ireland Association Football player
* [David Rollo (rugby union)](/source/David_Rollo_(rugby_union)) (born 1934), Scottish rugby union footballer
* [Hamish Rollo](/source/Hamish_Rollo) (1955–2009), British Army Officer
* [Jim Rollo](/source/Jim_Rollo) (1937–2012), Scottish footballer
* [Jimmy Rollo](/source/Jimmy_Rollo) (born 1976), English footballer
* [John Rollo](/source/John_Rollo) (dead 1809), Scottish military surgeon
* [Marcus Di Rollo](/source/Marcus_Di_Rollo) (born 1978), Scottish rugby union footballer
* [Maria Fernanda Rollo](/source/Maria_Fernanda_Rollo) (born 1965), Portuguese university history professor and former Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education
* [Robert Rollo (footballer)](/source/Robert_Rollo_(footballer)) (1887–1917), Scottish footballer
* [Robert Rollo, 4th Lord Rollo](/source/Robert_Rollo%2C_4th_Lord_Rollo) (1679–1758), Scottish nobleman and Jacobite; father of Andrew Rollo
* [William Rollo (academic)](/source/William_Rollo_(academic)) (1894–1960), South African linguist and classicist
* [Sir William Rollo](/source/Sir_William_Rollo) (died 1645), Scottish Royalist soldier

==Fictional characters==
* Rollo, in books by [Jacob Abbott](/source/Jacob_Abbott)
* [King Rollo](/source/King_Rollo), a children's cartoon character
* Rollo Haveall, the rich little kid in ''[Nancy](/source/Nancy_(comic_strip))'' comic books and the comic strip
* Rollo Lawson, on the American television show ''[Sanford and Son](/source/Sanford_and_Son)''
* Rollo Lee, the lead character in the film ''[Fierce Creatures](/source/Fierce_Creatures)'', played by John Cleese
* Rollo the Hippo, on the American children's television show ''[Captain Kangaroo](/source/Captain_Kangaroo)''
* Rollo Tomasi, imaginary character from the 1997 film ''[L.A. Confidential](/source/L.A._Confidential_(film))''
* Rollo Rhubarb, the teacher's pet and foil to Hans and Fritz in ''[The Katzenjammer Kids](/source/The_Katzenjammer_Kids)'' comic strip by Harold Knerr
* Rollo Lothbrok, a character in the TV series ''[Vikings](/source/Vikings_(2013_TV_series))''
* Rollo Fitzgerald, the antagonist in Ken Follett's 2017 novel ''[A Column of Fire](/source/A_Column_of_Fire)''
* Rollo the Clown, from the 1991 film ''[The Little Engine That Could](/source/The_Little_Engine_That_Could_(1991_film))''
* Rollo the Clown, from the [''Adventures of Superman'' episode titled "The Clown Who Cried"](/source/List_of_Adventures_of_Superman_episodes)

==See also==
* [Clan Rollo](/source/Clan_Rollo), a Scottish clan

== References ==
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