Sharland

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English sċieran →
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Meanings

proper nounSharland (plural Sharlands)

plural Sharlands

  1. A surname from Old English.

    The engineer of the line, a young Tasmanian named Sharland, decided the best course would be to take the new railway along a chain of four deep valleys. [...].

    1939 July, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: 1. Settle and Carlisle, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 37

Origin

  1. Old Englishsċieran“to cut, shear”
  2. EnglishSharland

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the shorn or separated land, from Old English sċieran (“to cut, shear”) + land.

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Sharland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sharland

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“Sharland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sharland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sharland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sharland.

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