Worldwide, Roald (Roald 
, Роальд 
, Роалд 
) is quite a rare male first name. The first name Roald is characteristic of Norway, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Albania, and Netherlands, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Russia, the United States, and Norway. Much less frequently, Roald is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Roald | Germany, Philippines, Norway, United States, Netherlands |
| Роальд | Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| Роалд | Russia, Armenia |
| רואלד | Israel |
Valdr, Роальд, Руаль, Руаль, and رولد
Roald is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Roald Amundsen , the operatic character in the opera South Pole and Roald Malcolm Renfield / Gun-Gypsy , the musical character in the musical Dracula the Musical.
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roald amundsen Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole, NO (b. 1872) |
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roald a. hogenson American judge (1913-1987), US (b. 1913) |
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roald dahl British writer and poet (1916–1990), GB (b. 1916) |
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roald wisted-thu Norwegian athletics competitor (b. 1927) |
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roald aas Speed skater and road and track cyclist, NO (b. 1928) |
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roald tvedt Norwegian painter (1935-2016), NO (b. 1935) |
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roald hoffmann Nobel laureate organic and inorganic chemist and Holocaust child survivor, US (b. 1937) |
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| roald larsen Norwegian speed skater, NO (b. 1898) |
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| roald dysthe Norwegian businessman (b. 1903) |
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roald steinseide Norwegian politician (b. 1956) |
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roald linaker Norwegian politician (b. 1959) |
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| roald tangen Norwegian physicist, NO (b. 1912) |
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roald bruun-hanssen Norwegian association football player (b. 1962) |
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| roald aasheim Norwegian painter and interior architect (1912–1994), NO (b. 1912) |
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roald bradstock British javelin thrower, GB (b. 1962) |
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