Given name & surname
Orland
“from the renowned land”
Orland is a variant of Orlando. One Spanish interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orland 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 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Orland 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
Orland through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,086
- 2,081 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 90 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 90 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 747 as a first name in 2020; 352 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Orland
- Orland K. ArmstrongAmerican politician (1893-1987)
- Orland KurtenbachCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1936
- Orland Steen LoomisAmerican politician (1893–1942)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Orland, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“from the renowned land”
>99% boys