ORLANDO  

Gender: M
Origin: Italian variation of ROLAND
Meaning: "famous throughout the land"

Popularity in 2008: #419

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

Variations:
Orlondo, Orlandito, Orlan, Rolando, Lando, Olo, Landi, Roland, Orland, Arlando, Arlando, Landi, Lando, Olo, Orlan, Orland, Orlandito, Orlondo, Roland, Rolando

Orlando is being discussed in our message boards:

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Read Nameberry blog posts about Orlando:

• MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NAMES
• CHEERY-O NAMES
• KISSING COUSIN NAMES: Names that don't look related--but are
• ROMANCING THE NAME: MELISSA TO MELISANDE
• MEMORIAL DAY NAMES: SHILOH & SHERIDAN