The story
- Old English · inherited fromāc“oak”
- English todayAcland
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”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishāc all →
eagleOgdenactonAckleyOakleighOakfordAkeleyAughtonAcklamAkridgeac-AckfordAightonKnockholt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.