Hyland

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Scottish and English : topographic name for someone who lived on high ground or by land where hay was grown, from Middle English hegh, hie ‘high’ or heye ‘hay’ + land ‘land’.
• Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAoileáin, a variant of Ó Faoláin (see Whelan).
• Swedish : possibly an ornamental name based on Greek hulē ‘wood’ + land ‘land’.