English / Map Form: Cleland
Gaelic Form: No Gaelic form
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Local Authority: North Lanarkshire
English / Map Form: Cleland
Gaelic Form: No Gaelic form
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Kneelandtoun c. | 1591 Pont 34 |
| Kneelandtoun | 1654 Blaeu |
| Clelandhead | 1773 Ross |
| Clelandtownhead | 1832 Thomson |
Additional Information
“It is said to be name after Lieutenant Colonel William Cleland. The first Colonel of the 26th Regiment, now Cameroucans[?] or Scottish Rgles… killed Dunkeld 1789.” Glasgow Streets, 475.
Black says the surname comes from this place, for which he proposes an early ‘corruption’ of< Cleveland. It's possible Clelandtoun though relates to lands owned by the Clelands. The earliest record of the name is apparently Kneland.