Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (ornamental) Usage Swedish (Rare) Pronounced Pron. EHK-lahnd [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 7/7/2017 by anonymous Edited 12/8/2018 by Beautiful Victory Meaning & History Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and land "land". A famous bearer is Swedish actress Britt Ekland (b. 1942), but in her case, the name is a variant of Eklund.