Lando

What Lando means

Italian, meaning “land, territory”

Reduced from any names of Germanic origin containing the element *land (“land, territory”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Lando” (revision 93950701), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Lando?

US: Rising: up from #5999 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 98 boys got the name (#1677 that year). First in the US records in 1911.

How common

• About 1 in 17,429 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,253 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WA (0.15 per 1,000 boys), PA (0.11 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.1 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Lando is #1677 in the US and #228 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lando were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Lando

Boys

• Vincenzo#674Italian form of Vincent, meaning “conquering”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Franco#746Editor’s note Up from #873 in 2015 to #746 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Alessia#326Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 9 babies
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Gemma#170“jewel”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lando’s. Rank is US 2025.