Maitland.
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
A place name: A city and local government area in New South Wales, Australia.
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A place name: A village in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after Peregrine Maitland.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain, possibly a nickname for an ungracious individual, from Anglo-Norman maltalent (“bad temper”). However, it could also derive from the French village of Mautalant, in Normandy.
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