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Wayland

Wayland is a Germanic given name, from wela "battle" and, nand "brave", corresponding to German Wieland, Scandinavian Völund. It may refer to:

Wayland Smith, a figure in Germanic mythology
people called Wayland
Wayland Flowers, an American puppeteer
Wayland Young, a British writer and SDP and Labour Party politician

as a surname
Francis Wayland, an American Baptist educationist and former president of Brown University
Susan Wayland, a German fashion model focused in soft-core nude photography
Tom Wayland, an American voice actor

toponymy
United Kingdom
Wayland, Cornwall
Wayland, Devon
Wayland, Norfolk
Wayland (HM Prison)
Wayland Wood
United States
Wayland, Iowa
Wayland, Kentucky
Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland, Michigan
Wayland, Missouri
Wayland (town), New York
Wayland (village), New York

products and organizations
Wayland Academy, a boarding high school located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Wayland (publisher), the children's non fiction division of publisher Hodder Headline
Wayland (display server), a nano display server

in popular culture
Wayland, a planet in the Star Wars fictional universe

See also

Wieland

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Wayland" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Ido, Dutch, Polish, Volapük.


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