as a Last Name
- 14,246
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ireland
Meaning & Origins
English and Scottish: ethnic name for someone from Ireland, Old English Īraland. The country gets its name from the genitive case of Old English Īras ‘Irishmen’ + land ‘land’. The stem Īr- is taken from the Celtic name for Ireland, Èriu, earlier Everiu. The surname is especially common in Liverpool, England, which has a large Irish population.
| 2,211th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Irelan, Irelend, Irelandlane, Irelandtoal, Irelanddelfs, Irelandgalman, Irell, Irelandandrews, Irelandbey, Irelandbowles
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,246
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Ireland per capita
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