why is greenland called greenland?
Best Answer: The name Greenland comes from Scandinavian settlers. In the Norse sagas, it is said that Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder.He, along with his extended family and thralls (slaves), set out in ships to find the land that was rumored to be to the northwest.reenland was also called Gruntland (Ground-land) on early maps. Whether Green is an erroneous transcription of Grunt (Ground), which refers to shallow bays, or vice versa, is not known.