Weyland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WAY-lund
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Weyland is a boys' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Weyland mean?
Old English: variant of Wayland, from Weland, the legendary smith
Wayland the Smith is a master craftsman of Germanic legend; a Neolithic tomb in Oxfordshire is called Wayland's Smithy.
Is Weyland a girl's or a boy's name?
Weyland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Weyland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Weyland, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had the most boys named Weyland of any year since it first appeared, in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Weyland in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Weyland or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
- Wayland 61
- Weyland 18
Weyland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Weyland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wylder Shepherd Kylo Wilder Legend Koa Oakland Wesson Waylon Atlas Ozzy Kyrie
Other spellings of Weyland
Names related to Weyland
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden Edmund
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Weyland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/weyland, updated 20 October 2026.