There are multiple origins and translations for the name Rollo:
1. Derivative form of the name Roland - "from famous land".
2. Old Norse name Hrólfr, modern Icelandic name Hrólfur and Scandinavian (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian) name of Rolf - "wolf of fame".
Rollo (c. 846 - c. 931), baptised Robert and so sometimes numbered Robert I to distinguish him from his descendants, was a Norse nobleman of Norwegian or Danish descent who was founder and first ruler of the Viking principality which soon became known as Normandy. His descendants were the Dukes of Normandy, and following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, kings of England.
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