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bland Name Meaning and History

  1. English: habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire called Bland, the origin of which is uncertain. Possibly it is from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’ (from blandan ‘to blend or mingle’), with reference to its exposed situation. The modern English adjective bland did not come into English (from Latin) until the 15th century, and is therefore unlikely to have given rise to surnames.
  2. French: nickname from Old French blant ‘flattering’ (Latin blandus).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bland Families in the US in 1920
Number of bland families
 185-368
 62-184		 1-61
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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