Roald

• Roalde, Vrold, Vrål (given name)

From Old Norse Róaldr, Old Norse Hróaldr, from earlier Hróðvaldr, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwaldaz, *Hrōþawaldaz, from *hrōþiz (“praise, fame”) + *waldaz (“ruler, chieftain”). Cognate with Old High German Hrodowald.

• IPA^(key): /²ruːal(d)/

Roald m (definite Roalden)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

• rod, ro-
• vald

From Old Norse *Róǫld, originally an island name; from ró, a variant of rá (“corner”), and an uncertain second element. Doublet of Rolla (place in Ibestad, Troms).

• (Roald) IPA^(key): /²ruːœld/

Roald f

1. a village in Giske, Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Roald”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 2 674 males with the given name Roald living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 26th February, 2023.