Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : White
  • English : Light in the valley

Boy name variations

Whit

Whit

+ 15% this year
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White

White

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Whitey

Whitey

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Whitby

Whitby

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Whitelaw

Whitelaw

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Whitfield

Whitfield

- 17% this year
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Whitford

Whitford

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Whitley

Whitley

+ 2% this year
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Whitlock

Whitlock

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Whitman

Whitman

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Whitmore

Whitmore

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Whittaker

Whittaker

- 32% this year
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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of various places called Whitcombe or Witcombe. Whitcombe in Dorset and Witcombe in Gloucestershire are named with Old English wīd ‘wide’ + cumb ‘valley’; Whitcombe, Isle of Wight, may have the same etymology or alternatively the first element may be Old English hwīt ‘white’. Witcombe in Somerset is named with Old English wīðig ‘willow’ + cumb.