The norland Surname
norland Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name from Middle English north ‘north’ + land ‘land’, or a habitational name from Norland in West Yorkshire, named with Old English norð ‘north’ + land ‘land’, ‘estate’, ‘district’, ‘part of a settlement’.
- Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named, from Old Norse nord ‘north’ + land ‘land’, ‘farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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