Rollo is an Old Norse masculine given name, meaning "famous wolf". It was popular among the Vikings and is thought to have been brought to Britain during the Viking Age. The name Rollo can be found in various forms across different cultures, such as Rolls in German and Roul in French. It has also been used as a surname over time. Some notable figures with this name include William the Conqueror's great-grandfather, known as Duke Rollo, who was a Viking leader who settled in Normandy, and Rollo, a character from the television series Vikings.
Here are some observations from the statistics for the name Rollo:
- The name Rollo experienced a significant surge in popularity around World War I, with peaks of 32 births in 1917 and 38 births in 1918.
- Before and after this period, the number of annual births with the name Rollo was quite low, typically ranging between 5 to 20 births per year.
- There were a few decades where the name virtually disappeared (e.g., 1946 to 1960), but it started gaining some traction again in the late 1970s and has seen a noticeable increase since around 2015.
- The total number of births with the name Rollo over this entire period is 928.