Rollo is a given name and surname derived from a Latinized form of the Old Norse Hrólfr or Rolfr (Rolf, Rudolf) meaning "famed wolf".
The name was first attested to with Viking warlord Rollo of Normandy, ancestor of William the Conqueror. In Scotland the Clan Rollo were supporters of Charles II and rewarded with the title of Lord Rollo.
Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
Rollo of Normandy (fl. 10th century), Viking leader and first count of Normandy
Rollo Armstrong (born 1966), English dancer and music producer
Rollo Beck (1870–1950), American ornithologist
Rollo Walter Brown (1880–1956), American writer and teacher of rhetoric
Rollo Graham Campbell (1903–1978), Anglican Bishop of Colombo
Rollo Carpenter (born 1965), British computer scientist
Rollo Davidson (1944–1970), British mathematician
Rollo Feilding, 11th Earl of Denbigh (1943–1995), British peer and racing driver
Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766–1814), British Army major-general
Rollo Hayman (1925–2008), Rhodesian politician
Rollo Jack (1902–1994), English footballer
Rollo Mainguy (1901–1979), Canadian vice-admiral
Rollo May (1909–1994), American psychologist
Rollo Pain (1921–2005), British Army lieutenant-general
Rollo Weeks (born 1987), British actor
Last name
Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo (1703–1765), British army general in Canada and Dominica
Alex Rollo (1926–2004), Scottish football player and manager
Bill Rollo (born 1955), British Army officer
David Rollo (footballer) (1891–1963), Northern Ireland Association Football player
David Rollo (rugby union) (born 1934), Scottish rugby union footballer
Deanna Rollo, American politician
Hamish Rollo (1955–2009), British Army Officer
Jim Rollo (1937–2012), Scottish footballer
Jimmy Rollo (born 1976), English footballer
John Rollo (dead 1809), Scottish military surgeon
Marcus Di Rollo (born 1978), Scottish rugby union footballer
Maria Fernanda Rollo (born 1965), Portuguese university history professor and former Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education
Robert Rollo (footballer) (1887–1917), Scottish footballer
Robert Rollo, 4th Lord Rollo (1679–1758), Scottish nobleman and Jacobite; father of Andrew Rollo
William Rollo (academic) (1894–1960), South African linguist and classicist
Fictional characters
Rollo, in books by Jacob Abbott
King Rollo, a children's cartoon character
Rollo Haveall, the rich little kid in Nancy comic books and the comic strip
Rollo Lawson, on the American television show Sanford and Son
Rollo Lee, the lead character in the film Fierce Creatures, played by John Cleese
Rollo the Hippo, on the American children's television show Captain Kangaroo
Rollo Tomasi, imaginary character from the 1997 film L.A. Confidential
Rollo Rhubarb, the teacher's pet and foil to Hans and Fritz in The Katzenjammer Kids comic strip by Harold Knerr
Rollo Lothbrok, a character in the TV series Vikings
Rollo Fitzgerald, the antagonist in Ken Follett's 2017 novel A Column of Fire
Rollo the Clown, from the 1991 film The Little Engine That Could
Rollo the Clown, from the Adventures of Superman episode titled "The Clown Who Cried"