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.

Orlando Rank in US Top 1000

# 775 in the US

Orlando Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 732 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Orlando

• 775 US 2023
• 732 Nameberry 2025
• 493 England 2023
• 304 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Orlando

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• Maximus
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• Francisco
• Caspar
• Conan
• Kasper
• Joaquin
• Pascal
• Paris
• Viktor
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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

The name 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