Mooreland Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

It is easy to miss Mooreland in an index if you only search for Moreland. Name scholars give the meaning as “moorland”.

• Other spellings include Moorland and Morland.
• Names that sound alike, such as Marland, are easily confused in old records.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The extra “o” in Mooreland is a spelling habit rather than a different name.

Heraldry and the Mooreland name

Arms linked to Moreland and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Mooreland surname pack.