Hyland

//ˈhaɪ.lənd// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Two main origins: * A Scottish and English topographic surname, from Old English hēah (“high”) or hīeġ (“hay”) + land (“land”). * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAoileáin, a variant of Ó Faoláin, from which Whelan.

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