Name Eckland Type Surname (ornamental & from location) Usage English (Rare), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare, Expatriate), Swedish (Anglicized, Expatriate) Edit Status Status Meaning & History Possibly a variant of ECKLUND. It might also be an anglicization of the rare Swedish surname EKLAND or of a Norwegian name derived from several farmsteads named with eik "oak" and land "land".