Orlander
Possibly a combination of German "Ort" (place) and Swedish "ander" (duck).
Name Census estimates that about 80 living Americans carry the first name Orlander. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Orlander today is around 65 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Orlander births was 1947 (12 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Orlander. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Orlander is about 65 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Orlanders were born before 1971.
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Orlander. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
80
~ 1 in 4,284,429 Americans
Peak year
1947
12 babies that year
Average age
65
years old
1979 SSA rank
#5,859
Tracked since 1917
Popularity
Orlander: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Orlander from the 1910s through to the 1970s, spanning 7 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 41 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1920s peak, Orlander remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Orlander by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Orlander during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Orlander
The name Orlander is believed to have its origins in the Old Germanic language. It is a combination of two words: "or," meaning "beginning" or "origin," and "lander," meaning "land" or "country." The name can be interpreted to mean "one who comes from the original land" or "one who is from the homeland."
In the early medieval period, the name Orlander was prevalent among Germanic tribes, particularly those that inhabited the regions of present-day Germany, the Netherlands, and parts of northern France. It was a name often given to those who were born or lived in the ancestral lands of their tribe or clan.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Orlander can be found in the Codex Aureus, a 9th-century manuscript containing the Four Gospels written in the Carolingian minuscule script. The name appears in a list of individuals who were part of the monastic community at the Abbey of St. Gall in modern-day Switzerland.
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the name Orlander. One of the earliest was Orlander von Arnstein (c. 1080-1152), a German nobleman and crusader who participated in the Second Crusade. Another was Orlander de Valois (1293-1347), a French prince and military commander who fought in the Hundred Years' War.
In the 15th century, Orlander Leckzinski (1412-1480) was a Polish nobleman and diplomat who served as an envoy to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor. A century later, Orlander Visconti (1518-1595) was an Italian Renaissance architect and engineer who designed several notable buildings in Milan and Pavia.
One of the more recent historical figures with the name Orlander was Orlander de Merode (1801-1875), a Belgian nobleman and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Belgium in the mid-19th century.
While the name Orlander has its roots in the Germanic languages, it has been adopted and used in various cultures throughout history, often taking on slightly different spellings or variations. However, the core meaning and significance of the name, with its connection to ancestral lands and origins, has remained largely unchanged over the centuries.
People
Orlander + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Orlander as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with O
Other first names starting with O with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Orlander: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Orlander?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 80 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Orlander going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 4,284,429 US residents.
Is Orlander a common name?
We classify Orlander as "Very Rare". It ranks above 61.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 160 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Orlander most popular?
The single biggest year for Orlander was 1947, when 12 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Orlander is about 65 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Orlander a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Orlander in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.