Wayland
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning land by the road; dweller on the road.
Babies a year
33
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Wayland by the numbers
Wayland was given to 33 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 59 babies in 1925, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wayland. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Waylanland by the road; a form of Wayland44 in the US (2017)
- Wylandfrom the battle land; a form of Wayland12 in the US (2017)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
- Waylenland beside the road; a modern respelling of Waylon93 in the US (2017)
- Weilandland by the river Wey9 in the US (2017)
- Waylin29 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Wayland, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
- Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)
- Claytonclay settlement or town1,487 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Wayland
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