Roseland Family History
Roseland Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Roseland in Alciston (Sussex) or Roseland (Cornwall). The Sussex placename derives from Middle English rose ‘rose’ + lond land ‘land’. The Cornwall placename derives from Middle Cornish ros ‘upland high ground’ + Middle English lond land. Americanized form of Norwegian Røyseland or Røysland: habitational name from about 30 farmsteads mainly in Agder named from Old Norse reysi ‘heap of stones’ + land ‘(piece of) land farmstead’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022