Wadland Family History
Wadland Name Meaning
from Wadland Barton in Ashbury (Devon) which is recorded as Wadeland in 1244 or Wadland in Liskeard (Cornwall) which is recorded as Wadelond in 133 The place-names may derive from the Old English personal name Wada Old English (ge)wæd ‘ford’ or wād ‘woad’ + land ‘land’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016