Given name & surname
Orlando
“from the renowned land”
Orlando is an Italian form of Roland with a place in Shakespeare’s comedy.
Original SpanishRolando
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Italian use, Orlando is used as a form of Roland.
The 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.
Orlando through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49,696
- 49,454 boys · 242 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 889 babies
- 2025
- 275
- #873 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 275 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 873 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 877 in 1987. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (54). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 57,035 as a first name in 2020; 11,976 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.
Orlando’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Orlando has a diminutive in Lando. Orlando shares a linguistic root with Roland. In Italian usage, Orlando has a related form in Rolando.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Orlando has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Orlando comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rolandovariant · Italian, Spanish
- Landoclipped form · ceb
- Orlanvariant
- Orlondovariant
- Orlandvariant
- Orrlandolikely variant
- Urlandovariant · Italian
- Olovariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Rolanddoublet · English, Polish
- Rollandequivalent
- Orlandafeminine form
- Hrōþilandequivalent
- Ὀρλάνδοςborrowing · Ancient Greek
- Ορλάνδοςborrowing · Greek
- Orlandinipatronymic from · Italian
- Rolandsequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Orlando
- Orlando BloomEnglish actor and modelborn 1977
- Orlando JonesAmerican stand-up comedianborn 1968
- Orlando GibbonsEnglish composer, virginalist and organist (1583-1625)
- Orlando EngelaarDutch footballer (born 1979)
- Orlando PeçanhaBrazilian footballer (1935-2010)
- Orlando QuevedoFilipino cardinalborn 1939
- Orlando GillParaguayan footballer (born 2000)
- Orlando LetelierChilean economist and diplomat (1932-1976)
- Orlando FigesBritish historianborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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