Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : White

Boy name variations

Whit

Whit

+ 15% this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
White

White

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whitey

Whitey

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whitcomb

Whitcomb

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whitby

Whitby

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whitelaw

Whitelaw

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whitfield

Whitfield

- 17% this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whitford

Whitford

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whitley

Whitley

+ 2% this year
Neutral
Rare
Find out more
Whitman

Whitman

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whitmore

Whitmore

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more
Whittaker

Whittaker

- 32% this year
Masculine
Rare
Find out more

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname for someone with white or fair hair, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + lock ‘tress’, ‘curl’. Compare Sherlock.
  • English : from an Old English personal name composed of the elements wiht ‘creature’, ‘demon’ + lāc ‘play’, ‘sport’.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe