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Olympic Medalists: Pernell Whitaker
Pernell

Name origin: French

Name meaning: Little rock

 
Whitaker

Name origin: English

Name meaning: habitational name from any of various places named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ or hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘cultivated land’, as for example Whitaker in Lancashire and Whitacre in Warwickshire (both ‘white field’) or Whiteacre in Kent and Wheatacre in Norfolk (both ‘wheat field’).

 
 
 
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