Orlando
Italian variation of Roland
"famous throughout the land"
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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.
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# 775 in the US
Orlando Rank in US Top 1000
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Orlando Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
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Famous People Named Orlando
- Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland BloomEnglish actor
- Orlando JonesAmerican actor
- Orlando CepedaPuerto Rican baseball player
- Orlando CanizalesAmerican boxer
- Orlando Woolridgeformer American basketball player
- Orlando Thomasformer American football player
- Orlando Metcalfe PoeUnited States Army officer
- (Daniel) Orlando Smith1st Premier of the British Virgin islands
- Orlando ScandrickAmerican football player
- Orlando FranklinAmerican football player
- Orlando PalmeiroAmerican baseball player
- Orlando BrownAmerican actor
- Tony OrlandoAmerican pop singer
The name Orlando in Pop Culture
- Orlandocharacter from Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
- Orlando Pabotoycharacter from "Strangers with Candy"
- Orlando Khancharacter from "Gabriel and the Swallows" by Esther Dalseno
- OrlandoFlorida, USA
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