Meaning of the nameHorlando

Horlando is a spelling of the name Orlando, which means “Italian form of Roland, from Germanic, with elements meaning 'fame' and 'land'”.

Meaning

“Italian form of Roland, from Germanic, with elements meaning 'fame' and 'land'”

Meaning of the name Orlando, of which Horlando is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Orlando · Behind the Name: Orlando · Behind the Name: Roland

People (2022): 1,633
Rank in Brazil: #5,905
Median age: 52 years
2010 Census: 3,295; people

Horlando in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Horlando, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (334 people).

0 women 1,628 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Horlando is most common

States with the highest share of people named Horlando in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Ceará 0.002%
Maranhão 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	286	0.001%
Ceará	155	0.002%
Minas Gerais	114	0.001%
Pernambuco	114	0.001%
Maranhão	109	0.002%
Bahia	100	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	93	0.001%
Pará	90	0.001%
Amazonas	58	0.002%
Paraná	54	0.001%
Goiás	54	0.001%
Piauí	53	0.002%
Paraíba	46	0.001%
Mato Grosso	35	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	34	0.001%
Alagoas	33	0.001%
Tocantins	32	0.002%
Santa Catarina	26	0.000%
Espírito Santo	25	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	21	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	21	0.001%
Distrito Federal	17	0.001%
Roraima	16	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Horlando

Version with a silent initial H, with no other difference in pronunciation from Orlando.

About the name Orlando

Wiktionary records Orlando as a borrowing from Italian and a doublet of Rolando, equivalent to the English Roland. In Italian, the name comes from Frankish and, ultimately, from West Germanic *Hrōþiland, literally 'fame-land'. Behind the Name explains Roland through the elements hruod, 'fame', and lant, 'land', and notes that some theories see in the second element nand, 'brave'; Orlando is the form used in the Italian epic poems Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 79,927 people named Orlando, with a median age of 57.

Other spellings of Orlando

Spelling	People (2022)
Orlando	79,927
Horlando	1,633

Sources

Wiktionary: Orlando · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Orlando · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Roland · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Horlando

What does the name Horlando mean?

Horlando means “Italian form of Roland, from Germanic, with elements meaning 'fame' and 'land'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Orlando, of which Horlando is a spelling.

How many people are named Horlando in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,633 people with the first name Horlando, which ranks it number 5,905 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Horlando a boy's or a girl's name?

Horlando is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,628 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Horlando?

Horlando is a name of Germanic and Italian origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Horlando most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Horlando (155 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Horlando?

Orlando. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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