Haviland
Haviland is a unisex given name, a transferred use of the surname and place name. According to one source, the name is derived from the place name Haverhill, Suffolk, England, which was originally called Haverland. The name is derived from a combination of the Old English words hafod, meaning ‘’shelter’’, and ‘’land’’.
Meaning & Origin of Haviland
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Haviland is a unisex given name, a transferred use of the surname and place name. According to one source, the name is derived from the place name Haverhill, Suffolk, England, which was originally called Haverland. The name is derived from a combination of the Old English words hafod, meaning ‘’shelter’’, and ‘’land’’.
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The Story of Haviland
Haviland first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2004, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 7 births, good for #12,761 nationwide. About 55% of every Haviland on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Haviland last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 29 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Haviland
Haviland is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 29 births in the dataset. Haviland's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #12,761. Use the chart and map above to compare Haviland's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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