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What does Orlando mean?
Orlando 
as a boys' name is pronounced or-LAHN-doh. It is of Spanish and Old German origin, and the meaning of Orlando is "renowned land". Variant of Roland. 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.
ASSOCIATED WITH renowned (famous), 19th century
Variations
VARIANTS Arlando, Land, Lanny▼, Orlan, Orland, Orlin, Orlondo, Roland▼, Rolando
FEMININE FORM Orlanda
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Orlando Booker (O.B.), ..
How popular is Orlando?
Orlando is a very prominent first name for men (#332 out of 1220, Top 27%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#2688 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Orlando reached its peak position of #276 in the U.S. in the 1980s, and is currently at #666. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Orlando (#666 IN 2018) appearing in the Top 2000 are Roland (#544), Rolando (#1102), Lanny, Orlan, Orland and Orlin. Usage of these relations of Orlando was common in the 1920s (AVERAGE #1169) and has become much reduced since (#1473, DOWN 66.9%), with versions such as Roland becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Almando, Amando, Araldo, Arland, Armando, Armondo, Arnaldo, Belindo, Brando, Celindo, Elado, Erland, Fernando, Helado (see Heladio), Hernando, Lando, Marlondo, Nando, Normando, Olindo, Oran▼, Oratio, Orazio, Orjan, Orman, Ormand, Ormond, Ormonde, Ormondo, Orran, Orsino, Orsonio (see Orson), Osvaldo▼ and Oswaldo▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Orlando.
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