Kirkland Family History
Kirkland Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Kirkland (Cumbria Lancahires; Ayrshire Dumfriesshire Lanarkshire) all named with Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + land ‘land’ except for the Lancashire placename which derives from kirkja + lúndr ‘small wood grove’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022