Mayland

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States.
  2. 2
    A surname from German.
  3. 3
    A village in Dengie Peninsula, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of Mayland Heights. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Etymology

Etymology 1

The placename may be from Old English mæġþe (“mayweed”) + land. Or, from īegland (“island”) with initial -m carried over from þæm (dative case of the definite article).

Etymology 2

* As an English surname, from the placenames (see Etymology 1 above). * Also as an English surname, variant of Malin, likely with influence from the surname May. * As a German surname, from Mayland, variant spelling of Mailand (“Milan”).

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