Wayland

Where Wayland comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wayland.

Wayland through the years
  1. 1838
    Wayland Hoyt born
    American Baptist Minister
  2. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1912
    Peak, #765
    32 babies named Wayland, its best rank.
  4. 1923
    Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet born
    British Baron
  5. 1988
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,203.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet · British Baron, 1923–2009
  • Wayland Hoyt · American Baptist Minister, 1838–1910
  • Wayland Trask, Jr. · American actor, 1887–1918
  • Wayland Flowers · American puppeteer, 1939–1988
  • Wayland Rudd · American actor, 1900–1952

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.