Family name origins & meanings
- German : altered spelling of German Seeländer, a status name from Middle High German sellant, sallant ‘manor’ for the person upon whom the manor was bestowed. Compare Saal 1.
- German : habitational and topographic name for a person from a place named Seeland in Schleswig-Holstein or from the Danish island so named.
- Americanized spelling of Swedish Sjölander, an ornamental name from sjö ‘sea’ + the common surname suffix -ander.