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Rowley (M)>

Rowley (male)

Variants:Roly (M)
Pet Name for:Roland (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English:

1. from the surname, itself from a number of place-names, Old English "overgrown wood or clearing";

2. a variant of Roly, a pet name for Roland, from Old German "famous land".