Houghland Family History
Houghland Name Meaning
Americanized form of Norwegian Haugland . English (Yorkshire): perhaps a habitational name from a lost place in Prior's Heys (Cheshire) recorded as Houghlands in 1708. The placename may derive from Old English hōh ‘heel spur of land’ + land ‘land’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022