Voland Family History

French: nickname from the present participle of Old French voler ‘to fly’, in the sense of ‘nimble’, ‘agile’. Americanized spelling of Norwegian Våland, a habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named in Agder and Rogaland, probably from Old Norse vá ‘bend’, ‘corner’ + land ‘land’, ‘farm’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press