Newlands Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Behind the Newlands surname stands Newland, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “New land”.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Newland surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Newlands and Newland

Newlands adds a patronymic ending to Newland, meaning ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Newlander.

The 2010 census count for Newlands in the United States was 298, good for rank 66,371. Research your Newlands family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.