Orlando \o-rlan-do, or-la-ndo\ as a boy's name is pronounced or-LAHN-doh. It is of Spanish origin. Variant of Roland (Old German) "renowned land". Mostly literary and late 19th-century use. Literary: Virginia Woolf wrote a gender-bending fantasy novel "Orlando". Composer Orlando Gibbons; football player Orlando Pace; actor Orlando Bloom.
Orlando has 9 variant forms: Arlando, Land, Lanny, Orlan, Orland, Orlin, Orlondo, Roland and Rolando.