Auckland Family History
Auckland Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Bishop Saint Helen or West Auckland (Durham) whose name is recorded as Alclit Alclet in the 12th century. It contains Old Welsh or Cumbric alt ‘slope cliff’ + an early form of the river name Clyde. The name has been altered through Scandinavian influence in various ways culminating in the guise of auka-land ‘increased extra land’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022