Buckland

Translingual

Proper noun

Buckland

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist William Buckland (1784-1856).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Etymology

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).

Proper noun

Buckland (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklands)

1. A number of places in England:
   1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district: the parish is unusually long and narrow (OS grid ref SP8812).
   2. An eastern suburb of Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8771).
   3. Two hamlets, East Buckland and West Buckland, in Thurlestone parish, South Hams district, Devon.
   4. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0836).
   5. A suburb of Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ3196).
   6. A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref SU6501).
   7. A village and civil parish (served by Buckland and Chipping Parish Council) in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3533).
   8. A northern suburb of Dover, Kent (OS grid ref TR3042).
   9. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU3497).
   10. A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2250).
2. The Rural Municipality of Buckland No. 491, a rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska.
   2. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
   3. A village in Auglaize County, Ohio.
   4. An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, site of Buckland Historic District.
4. A rural locality in Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
5. A rural locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
6. A village near Pukekohe, Auckland region, New Zealand.
7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Buckland in the Moor
• Buckland Monachorum
• Buckland Newton
• East and West Buckland
• East Buckland
• West Buckland

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Buckland is the 9506^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3419 individuals. Buckland is most common among White (93.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buckland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245.

Anagrams

• Backlund