Given name
Orlan
“from the renowned land”
Orlan is a variant of Orlando. One Spanish interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orlan is a variant of Orlando. One Spanish interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Orlan is a variant 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
Orlan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 960
- 960 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,406 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,406 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 501 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Orlan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Orvill
“from the gold town”
>99% boys
Orvell
“from the gold town”
>99% boys
Rollan
“from the renowned land”
>99% boys
Orvil
“from the gold town”
>99% boys
Ode
“traveler of the road” · “a lyric poem”
>99% boys
Horton
“from the gray town”
>99% boys
Roley
“from the renowned land”
>99% boys
Rollo
“from the renowned land”
>99% boys