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 this country around 1660
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 (born 1938), Rhodesian cricketer
Dave Bland (1929–2013), Australian rules footballer
Edward Bland (1926–2013), American composer and musical director
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
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)
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
Richard Bland (disambiguation)
Robert G. Bland, American mathematician and operations researcher
Salem Bland (1859–1950), Canadian Methodist theologian
Sammy Bland (born 1929), 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
William Bland (disambiguation)
