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Germanic |
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War land; brave fight |
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English |
Meaning: |
War land; brave fight |
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Pronunciation: |
(WAY land) [Guide] |
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Miscellaneous Info for Wayland |
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Transferred use of the surname, possibly derived from a Germanic personal name, Welond.
It may also be an Americanized spelling of German Weiland, a variant of Wieland, a Germanic personal name composed of the elements wig (war) and land (land, territory); or perhaps from wela (battle) and nand (brave).
Wieland belonged in legend to an Anglo-Saxon god of blacksmithing. |
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