Bland (surname)

Bland is a surname thought to derive from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’. It is thought to have originated in an area in Yorkshire (where there is a place called Bland Hill)

It predates the adjective 'bland' meaning "characterless or uninteresting" which arrived in England around 1660.

The name maintains historical links with members of both the English and Scottish aristocracy.

Notable persons with that surname include:


 * Alexander Bland (1866–1947), Welsh international rugby player
 * Bill or Billy Bland, see William Bland (disambiguation)
 * Bobby Bland (1930–2013), American singer
 * Carl Bland (born 1961), American footballer
 * Sir Christopher Bland (1938–2017), British politician
 * Colin Bland (1938–2018), Rhodesian cricketer
 * DaRon Bland (born 1999), American football player
 * Dave Bland (1929–2013), Australian rules footballer
 * Edward Bland (composer) (1926–2013), American composer and musical director
 * Edward David Bland (1848–1927), American politician
 * Eleanor Taylor Bland (1944–2010), African American writer of crime fiction
 * Elizabeth Bland (fl. 1681–1712), Englishwoman celebrated for her knowledge of Hebrew
 * Francis Bland (1882–1967), Australian politician
 * Gordon Bland (born 1941), former English cricketer
 * Hamilton Bland, BBC swimming commentator
 * Harriet Bland (1915–1991), American athlete
 * Harry Bland (1898–after 1934), English professional footballer
 * Hubert Bland (1855–1914), British socialist and Fabian Society cofounder
 * Hugh M. Bland (1898–1967), Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
 * Humphrey Bland (1686–1763), British Army general
 * James A. Bland (1854–1911), African American musician and songwriter
 * Joanne Bland, American civil rights activist
 * John Bland (disambiguation)
 * Joseph Edward Bland (1866–1945), American politician
 * Joyce Bland (1906–1963), British film actress
 * June Bland (born 1931), British actress
 * Leonard Thomas Bland (1851–1906), Canadian politician
 * Malcolm Bland, New Zealand footballer
 * Maria Bland (1769–1838), British singer
 * Martin Bland (born 1947), British statistician
 * Michael Bland (born 1969), American drummer
 * Nate Bland (born 1974), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Sir Nevile Bland (1886–1972), British diplomat
 * Oscar E. Bland (1877–1951), U.S. Representative from Indiana
 * S. Otis Bland (1872–1950), U.S. Representative from Virginia
 * Peregrine Bland (c.1596–1647), early Virginia settler and politician
 * Peter Bland (born 1934), British-New Zealand poet and actor
 * Rachael Bland (1978–2018), Welsh journalist and radio presenter
 * Richard Bland (disambiguation)
 * Rivett Henry Bland (1811–1894), early settler and a government administrator in colonial Australia.
 * Robert G. Bland, American mathematician and operations researcher
 * Roger Bland (born 1955), British curator and numismatist
 * Salem Bland (1859–1950), Canadian Methodist theologian
 * Sammy Bland (1929–2018), American broadcaster and entertainer
 * Sandra Bland (1987–2015), American woman found dead in a Texas jail cell
 * Theodorick Bland (disambiguation)
 * Tony Bland (1970–1993), an injured British man who was the subject of a notable court case
 * Violet Bland (1863–1940), English Suffragette
 * William Bland (disambiguation)