Erland

Where Erland comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Erland.

Erland through the years
  1. 1901
    Debut at its peak, #943
    #943 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1923
    Erland Josephson born
    Swedish actor, film director and author
  4. 1967
    Erland Johnsen born
    Norwegian footballer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Erland Josephson · Swedish actor, film director and author, 1923–2012
  • Erland Johnsen · Norwegian footballer, born 1967
  • Erland Nordenskiöld · Swedish archeologist and anthropologist, 1877–1932
  • Erland Herkenrath · Swiss handball player, 1912–2003
  • Erland von Koch · Swedish composer, educator, conductor, organist and pianist, 1910–2009

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.