Meaning and history
From Old English Weland, probably derived from the Germanic root *wīlą meaning “craft, cunning.” In Germanic legend, Weland, known as Vǫlundr in Old Norse, was a master smith and craftsman who was captured and hamstrung by King Niðhad before taking revenge by killing the king’s sons.
20062006: 20 births, rank #4,520
2007: 22 births, rank #4,375
2008: 13 births, rank #6,393
2009: 20 births, rank #4,748
2010: 12 births, rank #6,698
20112011: 15 births, rank #5,675
2012: 28 births, rank #3,714
2013: 14 births, rank #5,923
2014: 33 births, rank #3,297
2015: 39 births, rank #2,966
20162016: 41 births, rank #2,885
2017: 33 births, rank #3,378
2018: 47 births, rank #2,635
2019: 47 births, rank #2,694
2020: 28 births, rank #3,734
20212021: 50 births, rank #2,588
2022: 47 births, rank #2,753
2023: 64 births, rank #2,221
2024: 39 births, rank #3,104
20252025: 61 births, rank #2,284
Wayland rose from #922 to #917 for boys between 1948 and 1951. Its highest annual birth count came in 1925, with 59 births.