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maleWayland - Name Meaning and Origin


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The boy's name Wayland \wa(y)-la-nd\ is pronounced WAY-land. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "land by the road". Place name. Mythology: the Scandinavian Wayland was a blacksmith with supernatural powers, equivalent to the Roman Vulcan. Singer Waylon Jennings.

Wayland has 7 variant forms: Way, Waylan, Waylen, Waylin, Waylon, Weylin and Wylan.

Baby names that sound like Wayland are Wyland and Aland.

Wayland is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Wayland. Click here to compare Wayland with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Wayland
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Wayland

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