The story
- Old Norse · derived fromSuðrland
- English todaySutherland
The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland. In some cases, the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.