Morland Family History
Morland Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Moreland . Norwegian (also Mørland): habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Morland Mørland. The name has different origins according to its location; in all cases the second element is Old Norse land ‘(piece of) land farmstead’. French: nickname for a dark-skinned man from a shortened form of Moreland a diminutive of Old French more ‘Moor’ (see More ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022