Given name & surname
Lando
“a manly man”
Lando is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a manly man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a manly man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Lando is a diminutive of Orlando. In Cebuano usage, Lando is a diminutive of Rolando.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lando is a diminutive of Orlando. The history of Orlando gives this family its wider story. Orlando is the hero of As You Like It. The play provides an English literary association for a name already established as the Italian counterpart of Roland.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lando through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 751
- 751 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 98 babies
- 2025
- 98
- #1,685 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +278%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 98 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,685 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 277.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 512 as a first name in 2020; 903 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lando’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Lando is a diminutive of Orlando. In Italian usage, Lando has a feminine form in Landa. Lando has a related form in Landon.
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Around the world
Lando has relatives in 5 languages.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Landonvariant
- Orlandofull form · ceb
- Rolandofull form · ceb
- Llandolikely variant
- Lantovariant · Old High German
- Landowevariant
- Landowvariant
- Landoevariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lando
- Pope LandoPope from 913 to 914900–914
- Lando NorrisBritish and Belgian racing driver (born 1999)
- Lando BuzzancaItalian actor (1935–2022)
- Lando I of CapuaItalian noble820–860
- Lando II of CapuaItalian noble850
- Lando FioriniItalian singer (1938-2017)
- Lando VannataAmerican mixed martial arts fighterborn 1992
- Lando IV of CapuaLombard prince of Capua (1091–1098)
- Lando III of CapuaItalian noble850–885
Characters named Lando: Lando Calrissian (Star Wars).
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