Roelina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Roelina

What is the meaning of the name Roelina ?

The baby name Roelina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /ruːˈliːnə/ (ROO-LEE-nah).

Roelina is Dutch in Origin.

Roelina is a Dutch and Frisian feminine given name formed with the -ina suffix from Roel, a vernacular short form of both Roelof (the Dutch form of Rudolph) and Roeland (the Dutch form of Roland). The underlying Germanic root hrod ‘fame, renown’ is common to both, yielding meanings such as ‘famous wolf’ (from Roelof: hrod + wulf) or ‘renowned land’/‘fame of the land’ (from Roeland). As a result, Roelina broadly carries the sense of ‘renown’ or ‘one who brings fame’.

Documented in Dutch parish and civil records from the early modern period and carried to South Africa through Dutch settlement, Roelina saw modest regional use into the 19th and early 20th centuries and is now uncommon but recognizable. Variants and related forms include Roeline, Roelien (especially in Frisian and Afrikaans), and Rolina/Roline; short forms Lina and Rina are frequent. Masculine counterparts are Roel, Roelof, and Roeland.