Mayland

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).

Mayland

1. An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States.
2. A village in Dengie Peninsula, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
3. Ellipsis of Mayland Heights.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mayland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 540.

• 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”).

• Mailaend, Mailaender, Mailand, Mailander, Mailend, Mailender, Maylaend, Maylaender, Maylander, Maylend, Maylender

Mayland (plural Maylands)

1. A surname from German.

Mayland n

1. obsolete form of Mailand

• Mayländer

Mayland m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Maylands or (with an article) Mayland, feminine genitive Mayland, plural Maylands)

1. (rare) a surname transferred from the place name

• Mailand, Mailänd, Mailander, Mailänder, Mayländ, Maylander, Mayländer

• English: Mayland
• Translingual: Maylandia