Behind the Name: Felie's Personal Name List

Orlando

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Carolingian Cycle

Pronounced: or-LAN-do(Italian, Spanish)

Italian form of Roland, as used in the epic poems Orlando Innamorato (1483) by Matteo Maria Boiardo and the continuation Orlando Furioso (1532) by Ludovico Ariosto. In the poems, Orlando is a knight in Charlemagne's army who battles against the invading Saracens. A character in Shakespeare's play As You Like It (1599) also bears this name, as does a city in Florida.

Oriana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: o-RYA-na

Possibly derived from Latin aurum "gold" or from its derivatives, Spanish oro or French or. In medieval legend Oriana was the daughter of a king of England who married the knight Amadis.

Olsi

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Albanian

Possibly derived from an Illyrian word olshe meaning "olive tree".

Olimpia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)

Pronounced: o-LEEM-pya(Italian, Spanish) aw-LEEM-pya(Polish) O-leem-pee-aw(Hungarian)

Form of Olympias in several languages.

Ofelia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Italian

Pronounced: o-FEH-lya

Spanish and Italian form of Ophelia.

Odilia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1][2]

Derived from the Old German element uodil meaning "heritage" or ot meaning "wealth, fortune". Saint Odilia (or Odila) was an 8th-century nun who is considered the patron saint of Alsace. She was apparently born blind but gained sight when she was baptized.

Oceano

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian (Archaic), Portuguese (Archaic)

Italian and Portuguese form of Okeanos via its latinized form Oceanus. Also compare the Italian and Portuguese noun oceano meaning "ocean".