Orlo
Short form of Orlando or Roland, German
"famous throughout the land"Share
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Orlo Origin and Meaning
The name Orlo is a boy's name meaning "famous throughout the land".
Orlo is a name nobody ever heard of until the surprise popularity of the unrelated but similar-sounding Arlo. If Arlo can be a hit, why not Orlo? Why not indeed.
Some sources identify Orlo not as a diminutive of Orlando but as a Hebrew name drawn from the Orl- prefix, a la Orli, which means light.
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