Orlando

Orlando \or-lan-do, orl-a-ndo\ is a boy's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby boy name Orlando is pronounced as aoRLAENDuw ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Orlando: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)"

What is the origin of Orlando?

Orlando is largely used in the English, German, Italian, and Spanish languages, and it is derived from Germanic origins. The name was first derived as an Italian version of Roland, and it has subsequently been adopted by English speakers since the medieval period. The name has been used much in the literary world, appearing in epic romance poems such as Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato (1495) and Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516). The name has also been used by Shakespeare for the hero of his comedy As You Like It (1599), and by Virginia Woolf for the titular hero of her most commercially successful novel Orlando (1928). A city in Florida also bears this name. Orlando is an English, German, Italian, and Spanish variant of the name Roland meaning of name (English, French, German, and Welsh). The name Orlanda meaning (Italian) is the female equivalent of Orlando. Orlando has 15 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

Alternatives used in English include Arlando meaning of name, name Landi meaning, short names for Orlan, name Orland, short names for Orlanda, name Orlande, baby name Orlandito, Orlo meaning of name, Orlon name, Orlond pronounciation, name Orlonde origin, and nicknames for Orlondo. The short form Lando meaning (also used in Portuguese, and Spanish) is another English variant. A variant of Orlando in other languages is Ordando definition (German, Italian, and Spanish). Another foreign variant is the short form Olo name variations (Spanish). Orlando is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1940s up to the 1970s. At the modest height of its usage in 1975, 0.052% of baby boys were given the name Orlando. It ranked at #248 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2010, its usage was 0.031% and its ranking #435, was nonetheless the most popular within all boy names in its group. In 2010, Orlando was twice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, meaning of Roland.

The following famous people share the name Orlando:

• Actor Orlando Bloom, born 13 January 1977, Canterbury, Kent, England
• Composer Orlando Gibbons, born 25 December 1583 - 5 June 1625, Oxford, England.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Orlando:

Orlanda meaning and origin, baby name Orlondo (English), meaning of Arlando, nicknames for Arlendo, Arlindi definition (Albanian), Arlindo pronounciation, nicknames for Ireland, Orland name popularity (English), baby name Orlande, nicknames for Orlandito, name Orlond origin, Orlonde meaning, Arland meaning and origin (English), baby name Arlend (English), Arlind pronounciation (English and Albanian), and name Arllend origin.

The baby name Orlando fun facts:

The name Orlando in reverse order is "Odnalro".

The numerological value of the name Orlando is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Orlando?

Orlando is in the top names in USA.