Roland

From the Germanic name Hrodland, combining roots for fame and land. The Norman French popularized it through the eleventh-century epic poem The Song of Roland. It entered American use in the late nineteenth century and has remained in continuous circulation ever since.

The name reads as someone who keeps a brass protractor in a desk drawer and knows how to file an easement. It carries faint medieval lineage without demanding armor. Bearers are generally pictured in their early fifties, wearing wool cardigans regardless of the room temperature.