Harland as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Harland

What is the meaning of the name Harland ?

The baby name Harland is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced HAR-lənd.

Harland is English in Origin.

Harland is an English habitational surname later adopted as a male given name. Its root language is Old English, with the earliest useful form being the medieval locative surname de Harland, literally of Harland. The place-name is usually analyzed as hara, hare, or hār, grey, plus land, land, estate, open country; the first explanation gives hare land, while the second points to grey land, perhaps describing pale or stony ground.

As a surname, Harland belongs especially to northern England, with associations in Yorkshire, Durham, and Cumberland, regions where Scandinavian settlement also shaped local naming, though the elements here are English. Given-name use is mostly modern and surnominal. In the United States it was most visible in the early twentieth century, peaking in 1922 in SSA data; notable bearers include Harland David Sanders and actor Harland Williams.