English
Leland
Leland comes from Irish Mac.
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac
- Englishearliest quotation 1960Leland
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac
- Englishearliest quotation 1960Leland
Earliest quotation: 1960, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion: “The old man, busy with expanding his logging operations,…”
The story
Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".
Every English word from Irish Mac
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Mac / Leland