Cleland - Meaning of Cleland

What does Cleland mean?

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Cleland

[ 2 syll. cle-lan(d), cl-ela-nd ] The baby boy name Cleland is pronounced as KLEHL-aeND †.

1: Cleland is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is Celtic. The name is of the meaning descendant of Faolán.

The name Clelland (English) is a variant of Cleland.

2: Cleland's origin is Old English. Here, the meaning is clay land.

See also the related form, the English and Irish Faolán.

See also the related categories, english, descendant (heir), land, and celtic.

Cleland is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Cleland include Clelland, Claland, Clement, Cleneth, Clianth, Clynte, Kealand, Kliment, Quilmod, Quilmodd, Callumet, Cleante, Cleanto, Clemente, Clemento, Kalinda, Kalanidhi, Cleanth, Cleanthe, and Clint.

† English pronunciation for Cleland: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"