Orlando

or-LAN-doh

Boy

Average rank #1,406 across 3 of 7 countries

Meaning & origin

Italian

form of Roland. A city in Florida bears this name, as does a character in Shakespeare's play 'As You like It', meaning "From the Germanic elements hrod meaning "fame" and land meaning "land", though some theories hold that the second element was originally nand meaning "brave". Roland was a semi-legendary French hero whose story is told in the medieval epic 'La Chanson de Roland', in which he is a nephew of Charlemagne killed in battle with the Saracens. The Normans introduced this name to England."

How popular is Orlando?

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England & Wales

#490

in 2024

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA

#873

in 2025

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada

#2,855

in 2024

Not in top rankings for: ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland, ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand

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