Nylander Family History

Swedish:: ornamental name from ny ‘new’ + -lander a hybrid suffix from land ‘land’ and -ander derived from Greek anēr (genitive andros) ‘man’. habitational name for someone from the Finnish province of Nyland (Finnish name Uusimaa).

In this meaning the surname is common in Finland where it was originally (since the 17th century) used among the students from the province of Nyland but later it was adopted more widely chiefly in southern Finland and northern Ostrobothnia.

habitational name for someone from a place called Nyland in Sweden. Compare Newlander.