Just wondering......
2006-11-26 08:02:17 · 13 answers · asked by Felix Jager 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
Harland is a location name, place in Caithness.
2006-11-27 08:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by clairewENSLEY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the American Baby.com website:
Origin Meaning
Old English from the army-land, from the hares' land
Traits: Most people say Harlan has a blue-collar, tough-guy image. Harlan is pictured as a mechanically inclined farmer or biker who is rough around the edges.
Famous people with this name: science fiction/fantasy writer Harlan Ellison; Justice Harlan Stone; fried chicken mogul Colonel Harland Sanders
Sounds like something someone would name their hounddog to me!!!
2006-11-28 00:33:55 · answer #2 · answered by pikemom2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know but Harland & Wolf is the name of a shipyard in Belfast!
2006-11-28 15:29:47 · answer #3 · answered by TheYorkshireRose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a good name really
Old English Hare's Land
Native American Porcupine bear
Scand/French english interpretation trouble maker
2006-11-28 10:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare land" or "meadow of the hares" in Old English.
2006-11-26 16:15:15 · answer #5 · answered by Snorttle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a variation of Harlan which means "dweller by the boundry wood".
2006-11-26 16:11:28 · answer #6 · answered by erin7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of chicken. Colonel Harlan Sanders.
2006-11-26 23:55:40 · answer #7 · answered by Bowllynn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a name for a locality. Like Windsor, but more posh.
2006-11-26 16:06:54 · answer #8 · answered by Barks-at-Parrots 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means curse to the family
2006-11-28 03:06:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
isnt it a name of a university
2006-11-28 13:56:17 · answer #10 · answered by robert c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋