Orlando

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Italian form of ROLAND. A city in Florida bears this name, as does a character in Shakespeare's play 'As You like It' (1599).

ROLAND   male   English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Medieval French
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.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Hrodland
DUTCH: Roeland, Roland
ENGLISH: Roland, Rolland, Rowland
FRENCH: Roland
GERMAN: Roland
HUNGARIAN: Loránd, Lóránt, Roland
ITALIAN: Rolando
MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Roland
PORTUGUESE: Rolando, Roldão
RUSSIAN: Rolan
SPANISH: Rolando, Roldán
SWEDISH: Roland
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Roel
ENGLISH: Roly, Rowley
FEMININE FORMS
FRENCH: Rolande
ITALIAN: Orlanda
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Hruodnand