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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the personal name Wigland, composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’, ‘war’ + land ‘land’. See also Wieland.
  • Swedish : ornamental name composed of an uncertain first element, probably vik ‘bay’ + land ‘land’.

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