Bigland Family History
Bigland Name Meaning
from Bigland (Cartmel Lancs). The place-name is from Old Scandinavian bygg ‘barley’ + land ‘land’.possible variant of Biglands with loss of the final -s. Note the occurrence of both forms at such places as Crosthwaite and Holme Cultram (Cumb).
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016