  We probe the open fundamental strings in Dp-brane (p=1, 3, 5) backgrounds and
find new classes of rotating and orbiting string solutions. We show that for
various worldsheet embedding ansatz we get solutions of the string equations of
motion that correspond to the well known giant magnon and single spikes, in
addition to few new solutions corresponding to the orbiting strings. We make a
systematic study of both rigidly rotating and orbiting strings in D1, D3 and
D5-brane backgrounds.
