Forland Family History
Forland Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English foreland ‘cape headland’ denoting someone who lived at any of the places so named including Foreland in Bembridge (Isle of Wight) North Foreland in Saint Peters Thanet (Kent) and The Foreland in Studland (Dorset).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022