Orlando - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Orlando \o-rlan-

is pronounced or-LAHN-doh. It is of Spanish origin. Variant of Roland (Old German) "renowned land". Mostly literary and late 19th-century use. Literary: Virginia Woolf wrote a gender-bending fantasy novel "Orlando". Composer Orlando Gibbons; football player Orlando Pace; actor Orlando Bloom.

Orlando has 9 variant forms: Arlando, Land, Lanny, Orlan, Orland, Orlin, Orlondo, Roland and Rolando.

Baby names that sound like Orlando are Arland and Erland.

Orlando is a very common first name for men (#332 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#3028 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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