Fun Facts About the Name Lando
- 751 babies named Lando: U.S. records list 751 babies given the name Lando from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lando Mean?
Lando is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. Its base is the element land, meaning "land" or "territory," which appears in many older Germanic compound names, such as Landulf ("land" + "wolf") and Landbert, the ancestor of the modern name Lambert. Lando can be read either as an independent name formed from that single element or as a short form of a longer land-name.
In Italy, Lando is also used as a familiar short form of Rolando and Orlando, the Italian forms of Roland. That name goes back to the Frankish Hruodland, built from hrōþ ("fame") and land ("land"), so a name of that type means roughly "famous land" rather than simply "land." Both routes lead to the same short form in Italian, and for any particular medieval bearer the two are hard to tell apart.
Lando Name History & Origins
Germanic names built on land entered Italy with the Lombards, who ruled much of the peninsula from 568 to 774, and such names remained in use after their kingdom fell. Lando is recorded as an Italian personal name in the early Middle Ages, and it has also survived as an Italian surname.
The best-documented early bearer is Pope Lando, elected in 913 and dead by early 914 after a reign of roughly seven months. He is often described as the last pope to take a name that no earlier pope had used; the next pope to do so was John Paul I in 1978.
In Italian usage the name also serves as a short form of Rolando and Orlando, the names of the hero of the Chanson de Roland and of the many later poems and operas based on that legend. The same short form appears in Spanish and Portuguese as a familiar version of Rolando and Orlando.
Many English speakers know the name from Lando Calrissian, a character who first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. That is a modern use of an existing name rather than its source.
How Popular is the Name Lando?
Lando has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,685 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,685 | 98 | 0.0057% |
| 2024 | #1,907 | 83 | 0.0048% |
| 2023 | #2,234 | 64 | 0.0037% |
| 2022 | #2,069 | 73 | 0.0042% |
| 2021 | #2,423 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 2020 | #4,094 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #4,725 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #5,226 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #5,955 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #4,873 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #6,164 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #7,900 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #11,571 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #10,342 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #6,842 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #9,312 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #5,454 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2007 | #10,429 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #11,463 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #12,557 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #7,318 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #11,442 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #9,155 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #10,163 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #7,701 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #4,016 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #5,306 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #3,831 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #2,843 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1980 | #2,147 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1977 | #6,405 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,531 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #4,225 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1941 | #3,780 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #2,992 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1937 | #3,351 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1935 | #2,833 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1934 | #3,961 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,584 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1924 | #4,128 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #4,045 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #4,658 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #4,507 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1915 | #4,126 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1911 | #1,884 | 5 | 0.0022% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Lando Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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