American Family Name Origins:
Aadland
Frequency: (147)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Norwegian: habitational name from a place called Ådland, from Old Norse Árland ‘land by the river’.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 16%; German 5%. Anders, Lars, Oyvind; Hannes, Otto, Ute.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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