Lando
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAN-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #240 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,677 for boys
Lando is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous land”. In 2025 it ranked 240th for boys in the UK (226 babies) and 1,677th for boys in the US (98 babies).
What does Lando mean?
Germanic: short form of Orlando, the Italian form of Roland
“famous land”
Best known from Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars films; it is also a short form of Orlando.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lando a girl's or a boy's name?
Lando is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 226 boys in the UK and 98 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lando in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #240among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 226about 1 in 1,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 957% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 226 boys in the UK were named Lando, making it the 240th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most boys named Lando of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Lando in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 228th in England and Wales and 367th in Scotland.
Lando in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | #240 |
| 2024 | 176 | #292 |
| 2023 | 137 | #350 |
| 2022 | 130 | #368 |
| 2021 | 77 | #564 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 2 | #5,967 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
How popular is Lando in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,677among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 283% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 98 boys in the US were named Lando, making it the 1,677th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had the most boys named Lando of any year since it first appeared, in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Lando in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lando in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,677 |
| 2024 | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,220 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,059 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,409 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Names like Lando
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Milo Arlo Enzo Albie Luca Nico Atlas Theo Hugo Rio Ezra Archer
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lando: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lando, updated 20 October 2026.