Erland

Where Erland comes from

Erland hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1901
    Debut at its peak, #943
    #943 among boys with 6 babies — 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

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

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.