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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of Norwegian Mæland (see Meland) or of Maaland, Måland, a habitational name, from a farm name composed of Old Norse mór ‘moor’, ‘heath’ + land ‘land’, ‘farmstead’.

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