Given name & surname
Arlando
“a solemn, binding promise”
Arlando is a variant of Arlen. One interpretation is “a solemn, binding promise.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arlando is a variant of Arlen. One interpretation is “a solemn, binding promise.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arlando through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 568
- 568 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,180 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,180 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 427 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arlando’s family of names
Arlando has a related form in Arlen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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