Leland
proper nounattested in dialogue
- //ˈliːlənd//
A surname from Irish.
proper noun
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A surname from Irish.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
With a name like Leland, he was doomed. He looked like the kind of kid who'd been tormented by his schoolmates since the first day of school, too bright and too big to avoid the involuntary cruelties of other middle-class children.
On Feb. 10, on the third floor of the Social Security Administration’s Baltimore-area headquarters, Leland Dudek unfurled a 4-foot-wide roll of paper that extended to 20 feet in length.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in LaSalle County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Winnebago County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States: A township, unincorporated community, and census-designated place therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Washington County, Mississippi.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Etymology
Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".