Wayland Family History

Wayland Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Norman French personal name Weland, from ancient Germanic Wēland (Old High German Wiolant), the name of the legendary smith known in Old English as Wēland, possibly from ancient Germanic wēla-nandaz ‘battle’ + ‘brave’.

English: habitational name from the Hundred of Wayland in Norfolk. The placename derives from an uncertain initial element + Old Norse lúndr ‘small wood, grove’.

Americanized form of German Weiland .

Similar surnames:

Wayland,

Weiland

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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