ENGLAND

ENGLAND. Engelond occurs several times in U.R. as a surname, Avithout any prefix. It seems quite absurd to liave adopted the name of one's country while still residing in it, as a family name; but I am inclined to think that it was first given to an Englishman when living in a foreign country, and that he, on his return, continued to use it. Or, England may possibly be the name of some obscure locality of Avhich the family were anciently possessed, just as tlie Hollands take their name, not from tlie land of Dutchmen, but from a district of Lincolnshire.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.