Given name & surname

Hoyland

“hill spur”

Hoyland is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Hoyland goes back to Old English hoh, meaning “hill spur.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Hoyland comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English hoh (“hill spur”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Hartland

“hart”

No U.S. birth series

82% boys · 18% girls

Old English

Holmyard

“islet, holm”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Hopwood

“valley among hills”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Holford

“hole; hollow, sunken”

No U.S. birth series

60% boys · 40% girls

Old English

Horwood

“mud, muck”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Holroyd

“hollow”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Heald

“hill, slope”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Harward

“army” · “guard”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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