# Acland

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #81,077

## Definitions
1. An estate in Landkey parish, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS594325).
2. A rural town and locality in Toowoomba Region. Queensland, Australia.
3. A surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Acca + lanu (“lane, street”). This surname, evidenced by its modern morphology, merged with a similar surname which itself instead came from Old English āc (“oak”) + land (“land”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/acland