# Wieland

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #65,634

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, from Wieland, the German reflex of the legendary craftsman Wayland the Smith in Germanic folklore, from Old High German Wiolant, from Proto-Germanic *Wēlanduz.

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