Given name & surname
Holand
“high”·“land”
Holand is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Holand is built from elements meaning “high” and “land”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse *Hóland, built from Old Norse hór (“high”) + land.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Holand’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Holand as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Håland.
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