Highland Family History
Highland Name Meaning
English and Irish (Offaly): variant of Hyland . Americanized form of Norwegian Høyland (see Hoyland ). Americanized form (translation into English) of Swedish Högland (see Hogland ) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname or an adoption of the cognate English surname (see 1 above and Hyland ). Americanized form of German Heiland . Compare Hyland .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022