Lando

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lando is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name15K records spelled Lando21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Landon, Landó, Landón, Landò, Landô

• French surname3.1K records spelled Lando7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Cameroon

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Landó, Lândô, Lándo, Landò

• a separate surname373 records spelled Lando4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy

  Also written Landò, Landó, Lândo

• Russian surname232 records spelled Lando7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Ландо, Landeau

• Arabic surname189 records spelled Lando3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, United States, Italy, United Arab Emirates

  Also written Landö

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lando is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, from a pet form of the old secular personal name Ldndor.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Spanish, Germánico: hipocorístico de nombres con land 'país, tierra, patria'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, redução popular de Orlando; pode vir de Rollando ou Landolfo

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, pope

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, männl. Vom., alte Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 45 years between 1911–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Francesco Landob. 1350ITItalian cardinal
• Pietro Landob. 1462ITDoge of Venice
• Ortensio Landob. 1512ITItalian writer (1512-1560)
• Ole Landob. 1922DKDanish jurist
• Mordechai Landob. 1954ILIsraeli scientist
• Joe Landob. 1961USAmerican actor
• David Landob. 1964USPh.D. Cornell University 1994
• Enrico Landob. 1966ITItalian screenwriter
• Jeffery Scott Landob. 1969USAmerican director
• Maxim Landob. 2002American pianist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 185 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lando?

We estimate roughly 1.9 thousand people bear Lando (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Lando have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.3 thousand people bear Lando in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lando.

Where is Lando most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lando is densest in Dominica — about 1 in 5.7 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

What does the name Lando mean?

Recorded meaning: from the personal name Lando, a reduced form or short form of any of various personal names formed with the Germanic element land ‘land’, ‘territory’, for example Orlando, Landrey Rolando, or Landolfo…