Given name & surname
Orlanda
“from the renowned land”
Orlanda is a feminine form of Orlando. One Spanish interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Orlanda carries the interpretation “from the renowned land.” Orlanda is a feminine form of Orlando. One Spanish interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Orlanda is used as a feminine counterpart of Orlando.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Orlanda is a feminine form 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
Orlanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 792
- 538 boys · 254 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 824 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.
Orlanda’s family of names
Orlanda is a feminine form of Orlando. Orlanda has a related form in Orlande. Orlanda has a related form in Orlandea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Orlanda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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