Orlando

Italian variation of Roland
"famous throughout the land"

Orlando Origin and Meaning

The name Orlando is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning "famous throughout the land".

Orlando, the ornate Italianate twist on the dated Roland, with a literary heritage stretching back to Shakespeare and before, has appealing book-ended o's, and is open to combination with almost any last name, a la British actor, Orlando Bloom.

Orlando has an impressive literary résumé, including the poem "Orlando Furioso,", Handel's opera "Orlando", Shakespeare's As You Like It and Virginia Woolf's gender-bending novel. Most recently, Orlando was a character in The Wire.

Orlando Bloom's name was inspired by that of the sixteenth century composer, Orlando Gibbons. It is also the first name of several outstanding athletes--including Orlandos Woolridge, Cabrera and Cepeda, and is, of course, a place name, home of Disney World in Florida.

# 775 in the US

Orlando Rank in US Top 1000

# 526 on Nameberry

Orlando Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Orlando Popularity

Famous People Named Orlando

  • Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom
    English actor
  • Orlando Jones
    American actor
  • Orlando Cepeda
    Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Orlando Canizales
    American boxer
  • Orlando Woolridge
    former American basketball player
  • Orlando Thomas
    former American football player
  • Orlando Metcalfe Poe
    United States Army officer
  • (Daniel) Orlando Smith
    1st Premier of the British Virgin islands
  • Orlando Scandrick
    American football player
  • Orlando Franklin
    American football player
  • Orlando Palmeiro
    American baseball player
  • Orlando Brown
    American actor
  • Tony Orlando
    American pop singer

Orlando in Pop Culture

  • Orlando
    character from Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
  • Orlando Pabotoy
    character from "Strangers with Candy"
  • Orlando Khan
    character from "Gabriel and the Swallows" by Esther Dalseno
  • Orlando
    Florida, USA